abaissé

See also: abaisse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French abaissé (“to lower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈbeɪˌseɪ/

Adjective

abaissé (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.
   • 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.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.be.se/

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Adjective

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

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

Verb

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