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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Fess

(Latin, fascia, a band or covering for the thighs). In heraldry, the fess is a band drawn horizontally across the shield, of which it occupies one—third. It represents the band which was worn by knights low down across the hips.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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