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A horizontal band across the middle of a shield, about a third of its depth.
Also known as: Fesse
An honourable ordinary running horizontally across the centre of the shield. 'Per fess' divides the field along the same line, and 'in fess' places charges in a horizontal row across the middle.
A horizontal band across the centre of the shield, conventionally about one third of its depth.
Gives its name both to the division 'per fess', splitting the field horizontally, and to the arrangement 'in fess', placing charges in a row across the middle.
A horizontal band running across the middle of a shield.
The fess runs horizontally and the pale vertically; they are the two simplest ordinaries.
A bar is a narrow fess, differing only in width.