In heraldry, the fess is a band drawn horizontally across the shield, of which it occupies one - third. It represents the band which was worn by knights low down across the hips.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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