Meanings
nounfesse (plural fesses)
plural fesses
- alternativeAlternative spelling of fess (“horizontal band in heraldry”).
It is crossed by a fesse argent (silver band) for the roads, and two pairs of narrow barrulets argent for the railways. On the fesse are two bars wavy azure for waterways.
1957 February 28, “B.T.C. Armorial Bearings”, in Railway Magazine, page 81
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield
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