- a variation of fess.
fesse
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of fesse
C15: from Anglo-French fesse , from Latin fascia band, fillet
Example Sentences
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Some of the descendants of Henry Beaufort, third duke of Somerset, placed the Beaufort arms upon a fesse, and numerous similar instances might be adduced.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, bore “Gules with a fesse and six crosslets gold.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Colevile of Bitham bore “Gold a fesse gules.”
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
Leycestreschire: Sire William Bernak, de argent, a une fesse and iij bernaks de sable.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
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