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From French, derived from the town of La Hamaide (in Belgium).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A bar that does not touch the edges of the shield, especially if borne as part of a set of three (which may be of equal length, or have the top bar longer than the bottom one; and may have straight edges, or slanted edges with the base shorter than the top). Full definition →
From French, derived from the town of La Hamaide (in Belgium).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.