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Webster 1913 Edition


Fesse

{

Fess

,

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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


fessé

fessé

See also: fesse, fessée, and fêsse

French

Noun

fessé m (plural fessés)

  1. Male spankee.

Verb

fessé m (feminine singular fessée, masculine plural fessés, feminine plural fessées)

  1. past participle of fesser