Meaning

1 senses

  1. A horizontal band across the middle of the shield.

    Balken (fess), Leiste

    (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield

Examples

4 sentences

  1. It's time to fess up.

    ruПришло время сознаться. — odexed

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  2. Until one of you fesses up, you're all grounded.

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  3. James finally fessed up to stealing money from the tip jar.

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  4. Are you ever going to fess up about cheating on your boyfriend?

    deWirst du deinem Freund jemals beichten, dass du ihn betrogen hast? — Tamy

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Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
band:

Origin

From Middle English fesse, from Old French fesse, an alteration of faisse, from Latin fasc

From Middle English fesse, from Old French fesse, an alteration of faisse, from Latin fascia. Cognate with fajita, fascia, and fascism.

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Forms

plural: fesses

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield:fesse

Word family

4 related words
Derivedfess pointfesswaysfesswiseper fess

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fertilizerferventferventlyfervorfestfesterfestivalA1
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