abaissé

See also abaisse

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French abaissé ("to lower").

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA: /əˈbeɪˌseɪ/

Adjective

abaissé (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.
   • 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.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.be.se/, X-SAMPA: /a.be.se/

Adjective

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

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

Verb

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

1. Past participle of abaisser

Anagrams

• abasies