The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. Heraldry Variant of fess1.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A small fagot.
n. In heraldry, a bearing always considered as one of the ordinaries, bounded by two horizontal lines drawn across the field which regularly contain between them one third of the escutcheon.
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n. (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield
Word Usage
"a woman folle a la messe and molle a la fesse, that is, foolish at the mass and of a pliant buttock."