abaissé

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English

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A fess, abaissé.

Etymology

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Borrowed from French abaissé (to lower).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.bɛ.se/ ~ /a.be.se/
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Adjective

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

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

Participle

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

  1. past participle of abaisser

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