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• a variation of fess.

fesse

British  

/ fɛs /

noun

1. heraldry an ordinary consisting of a horizontal band across a shield, conventionally occupying a third of its length and being wider than a bar

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Etymology

Origin of fesse

C15: from Anglo-French fesse , from Latin fascia band, fillet

Example Sentences

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fesse

Leycestreschire: Sire William Bernak, de argent, a une fesse and iij bernaks de sable.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

Pole, earl and duke of Suffolk, bore “Azure a fesse between three leopards’ heads gold.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

‘Argent, on a mount an oak-tree proper; over all a fesse sable, charged with three regal crowns proper.’

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

But it will be understood that the Fusil, other than as part of an engrailed or indented bend, pale or fesse, is not known to true armory.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

Where there are charges both upon and beside a bend, fesse or the like, a curious inversion is used by pedantic blazoners.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various