Thesaurus: fess

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1. n. Alt. of Fesse
2. n. (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield
3. A band drawn horizontally across the center of an escutcheon, and containing in breadth the third part of it; one of the nine honorable ordinaries. Fess point (Her.), the exact center of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon.
4. n:17/v:83 n (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield n a city in north central Morocco; religious center