fesse
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of fesse
C15: from Anglo-French fesse , from Latin fascia band, fillet
Example Sentences
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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
The fesse indented or engrailed is made up of fusils as is the engrailed bend.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Shelley bore “Sable a fesse engrailed between three whelk-shells gold.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Chamberlayne of Northamptonshire bore “Gules a fesse and three scallops gold.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Cornwayle, Argent, on a fesse sable, three bezants.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
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