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adj
Humetté, couped.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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Synonyms: humets
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A fesse or bar cut off short at each end.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Uncertain. The OED speculates that it might derive from Old French heaumet (whence helmet), a diminutive of heaume (“helm”) supposedly applied to the bar of it; however, compare the early (1600s) use of humet for a slab of stone or tombstone.
