abaissé
See also: abaisse
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French abaissé (“to lower”).
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbeɪˌseɪ/
Adjective
editabaissé (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Of a charge, especially a fess: borne lower than usual.
- Synonym: abased
- 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.
- (heraldry) Having the ends (tips) of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield (of an eagle, etc).
French
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editabaissé (feminine abaissée, masculine plural abaissés, feminine plural abaissées)
Participle
editabaissé (feminine abaissée, masculine plural abaissés, feminine plural abaissées)
Further reading
edit- “abaissé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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