abaissé

US/əˈbeɪˌseɪ/

adjective

Of a charge, especially a fess: borne lower than usual.

Similar
abased
OriginFrench abaissé →
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Meanings

adjectiveabaissé (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegovernmentOf a charge, especially a fess: borne lower than usual.

    Or, a bend sable, on a chief of the first a pomeis charged with a cross gold; the whole abaissé under another chief of the arms of the Order of St. John, Gules a cross argent.

    1896, John Woodward, A treatise on heraldry, British and foreign, W. & A.K. Johnston, page 129

    Synonyms: abased

  2. not comparablegovernmentHaving the ends (tips) of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield (of an eagle, etc).

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf a charge, especially a fess: borne lower than usual.

Similar
abased
Also see
abased

Origin

  1. Frenchabaissé
  2. Frenchabaissé
  3. Englishabaissé

Borrowed from French abaissé (“to lower”).

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MLA

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Chicago

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