abaissé

Borrowed from French abaissé (“to lower”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈbeɪˌseɪ/

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.

• IPA^(key): /a.be.se/

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

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

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

1. past participle of abaisser

• “abaissé” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• abasies