abaissé

See also: abaisse

English

A fess, abaissé.

Etymology

Borrowed from French abaissé (“to lower”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈbeɪˌseɪ/

Adjective

abaissé (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Of a charge, especially a fess: borne lower than usual.

   Synonym: abased

   • 1896, John Woodward, A treatise on heraldry, British and foreign, W. & A.K. Johnston, page 129:

     Or, a bend sable, on a chief of the first a pomeis charged with a cross gold; the whole abaissé under another chief of the arms of the Order of St. John, Gules a cross argent.

2. (heraldry) Having the ends (tips) of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield (of an eagle, etc).

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bɛ.se/ ~ /a.be.se/

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• Homophone: abc (one pronunciation)

Adjective

abaissé (feminine abaissée, masculine plural abaissés, feminine plural abaissées)

1. (heraldry) abased, lowered
2. (heraldry) disclosed

Participle

abaissé (feminine abaissée, masculine plural abaissés, feminine plural abaissées)

1. past participle of abaisser

Further reading

• “abaissé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• abasies