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
Fauconberg bore “Gold a fesse azure with three pales gules in the chief.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Devereux bore “Gules a fesse silver with three roundels silver in the chief.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Arderne bore “Ermine a fesse checky gold and 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
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