fess

(fes)

noun

Heraldry a horizontal band forming the middle third of a shield

Origin: ME fesse < OFr < L fascia, a band, fascia

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noun
Heraldry

A wide horizontal band forming the middle section of an escutcheon.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English fesse

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin fascia, band

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fess¹

intransitive verb fessed, fess·ing, fess·es
Informal

To admit to something; confess, often used with up: “won't fess up to being even vaguely liberal” (Jonathan Alter).

Origin:

Origin: Short for confess

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