jessant
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French gesant.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
jessant (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Describing a charge which appears over, or covers, another charge as well as the field.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 61:
- That night she finds a locket on her pillow. Gold, in the shape of a heart, Cupids jessant round the perimeter.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 61: