fess

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From confess, by shortening

Verb

to fess (third-person singular simple present fesses, present participle fessing, simple past and past participle fessed)

  1. To confess; to admit.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old French fesse, an alteration of faisse, from Latin fascia

Noun

fess (plural fesses)

  1. (heraldry) A horizontal band across the middle of the shield.
    • 1892: Lord Robert Walsingham de Vere St. Simon, second son of the Duke of Balmoral—Hum! Arms: Azure, three caltrops in chief over a fess sable. — Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor’ (Norton 2005 p.294)
Translations
band
  • Romanian: faşă ro(ro)

 

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