fesse
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of fesse
C15: from Anglo-French fesse , from Latin fascia band, fillet
Example Sentences
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The indented fesse on the red shield of the Dynhams has four such fusils of ermine.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
The doctor who received him perceived that he had upon la fesse droite a mass of odd little red marks.
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by Parton, James
‘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 Lower, Mark Antony
Clifford bore the like with “a fesse gules.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Cayvile bore “Silver a fesse gules, flowered on both sides.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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