Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fesse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fess \Fess\, Fesse \Fesse\, n. [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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fesse
n : (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band
across a shield [syn: {fess}]
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