FESS

{ Fess, Fesse } (?), n. [[OF. fesse, faisse, F. fasce, fr. L. fascia band. See Fascia.]] (Her.) A band drawn horizontally across the center of an escutcheon, and containing in breadth the third part of it; one of the nine honorable ordinaries. Fess point (Her.), the exact center of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon.