Definition of fess:
(n) :
in
heraldry a horizontal band across the middle of the shield
"1892: Lord Robert Walsingham de Vere St. Simon, second son of the Duke of Balmoral--Hum! Arms: Azure, three caltrops in chief over a fess sable. -- Arthur Conan Doyle, 'The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor' (Norton 2005 p.294)"
Definition of fess:
(n) :
in
heraldry a horizontal band across the middle of the shield
"1892: Lord Robert Walsingham de Vere St. Simon, second son of the Duke of Balmoral--Hum! Arms: Azure, three caltrops in chief over a fess sable. -- Arthur Conan Doyle, 'The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor' (Norton 2005 p.294)"