humet

plural humets · alternative humette · alternative heumette

1. raregovernmentA fesse or bar cut off short at each end.

   [...] who take their Name from Hameyde, one of the two and twenty Baronies of that Province; thus D'Or a trois Hameydes de Geules, that is, Or, three Humets Gules, or Bars couped;

   1725, James Coats, A New Dictionary of Heraldry, page 34

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   Sa., on a humet arg., a martlet arg. (or.) Creft : A martlet as in the shield. Confirmed (with 1 quartering) to Hugh Bostock, of Moreton Say, who m. Margaret, daug. of Thomas Lee, of Langley. Harl MS. Boteler.

   1869, Shropshire Arms and Lineages, page 10

   The Humet is a term sometimes, but seldom, used for a fesse, or bar humetty, i.e. couped at each of the extremities. Or, three humets sable , charged with as many annulets argent—AMBROSE, Lancashire.

   1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 336

1. not comparablegovernmentHumetté, couped.

   Sa, three bars humet ar.

   1847, John Burke, Encyclopaedia of Heraldry or general Armory of England, Scotland and Ireland, comprising a registry of all armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time, including the late grants by the college of arms: By John and John Bernard Burke

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   [...] as Morgan in his Blazon of the Arms of Brabant, argent on a fesse humet gules, three leopards' heads or[…]

   1804, Alexander Nisbet, A system of heraldry, speculative and practical: with the true art of Blazon ... Illustrated with suitable examples of armorial figures, and achievements of the most considerable surnames and families in Scotland ..., page 47

   erm. three bars humets or.

   1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry

   Synonyms: humets