abaissé
See also: abaisse
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French abaissé (“to lower”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbeɪˌseɪ/
Adjective
abaissé (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Borne lower than usual, as a fess.
- 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.
- 1896, John Woodward, A treatise on heraldry, British and foreign, W. & A.K. Johnston, page 129:
- (heraldry) Having the ends (tips) of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield (of an eagle, etc).
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.bɛ.se/, /a.be.se/
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Adjective
abaissé (feminine abaissée, masculine plural abaissés, feminine plural abaissées)
- (heraldry) abased, lowered
- (heraldry) disclosed
Participle
abaissé (feminine abaissée, masculine plural abaissés, feminine plural abaissées)
- past participle of abaisser
Further reading
- “abaissé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- abasies