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Webster 1913 Edition

Fesse

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,
Noun.
[OF.
fesse
,
faisse
, F.
fasce
, fr. L.
fascia
band. See
Fascia
.]
(Her.)
A band drawn horizontally across the center of an escutcheon, and containing in breadth the third part of it; one of the nine honorable ordinaries.
Fess point
(Her.)
,
the exact center of the escutcheon. See
Escutcheon
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fesse

FESSE

,
Noun.
fess. [L. fascia, a band.] In heraldry, a bank or girdle, possessing the third part of the escutcheon; one of the nine honorable ordinaries.

Definition 2024

fêsse

fêsse

See also: fesse, fessée, and fessé

Norman

Noun

fêsse f ‎(plural fêsses)

  1. (Jersey, anatomy) buttock

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fissa (compare French fesse), from Latin fissum.

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