What is another word for fesse?

Pronunciation: [fˈɛs] (IPA)

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What are the hypernyms for Fesse?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Fesse

There is no date, but the maker's name, John Rowley, and the arms of Mr. Conduitt, as granted in 1717. Quarterly 1st and 4th Gules, on a fesse wavy argent, between three pitchers double eared or, as many bees volant proper.
"John Keble's Parishes"
Charlotte M Yonge
The aisles seemed to expand, the chancel to reach up into a distance in which space and time were confused; and, following it, his eye rested on a patch of colour in the east window between the wooden tablets of the Law-a cluster of fragments of stained glass, rescued by some former vicar and set amid the clear panes-the legs and scarlet robe of a saint, an angel's wing, a broken legend on a scroll, part of a coat-of-arms, azure with a fesse,-wavy of gold-all thrown together as by a kaleidoscope gone mad.
"The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales"
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
There is also in the packet my portrait, taken when I was a lad of sixteen; give her that as well; there is the certificate of my marriage, my register of baptism, that of Iris's baptism, my signet ring-" "His arms"-the old man interrupted his reading-"his arms were: quarterly: first and fourth, two roses and a boar's head, erect; second and third, gules and fesse between-between-but I cannot remember what it was between-" He went on reading: "My father's last letter to me; Alice's letters, and one or two from yourself.
"In Luck at Last"
Walter Besant

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