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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun fess has 1 sense

fess(n = noun.artifact) fesse - (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield;

is a kind of ordinary

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CIDE DICTIONARY

fess, n. [OF. fesse, faisse, F. fasce, fr. L. fascia band. See Fascia.].

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. [1913 Webster]

Fess point (Her.), the exact center of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

fess, n. (also fesse) Heraldry a horizontal stripe across the middle of a shield.

Idiom

fess point a point at the centre of a shield. in fess arranged horizontally.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. L fascia band