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humet

humet noun: a fesse or bar cut off short at each end.

humet: a fesse or bar cut off short at each end
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Noun

humet (plural humets)

  1. (rare) A fesse or bar cut off short at each end.
    • [...] who take their Name from Hameyde, one of the two and twenty Baronies of that Province; thus D'Or a trois Hameydes de Geules, that is, Or, three Humets Gules, or Bars couped;1725, James Coats, A New Dictionary of Heraldry, page 34
    • Sa., on a humet arg., a martlet arg. (or.) Creft : A martlet as in the shield. Confirmed (with 1 quartering) to Hugh Bostock, of Moreton Say, who m. Margaret, daug. of Thomas Lee, of Langley. Harl MS. Boteler.1869, Shropshire Arms and Lineages, page 10

Adjective

humet (not comparable)

  1. Humetté, couped.
    • [...] as Morgan in his Blazon of the Arms of Brabant, argent on a fesse humet gules, three leopards' heads or[…]1804, Alexander Nisbet, A system of heraldry, speculative and practical: with the true art of Blazon ... Illustrated with suitable examples of armorial figures, and achievements of the most...
    • erm. three bars humets or.1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry
    Synonyms:
    humets

Synonyms of humet

Forms of humet

pluralhumets
alternative formhumette
alternative formheumette

Origin of humet

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.

Questions about humet

What does humet mean?
Humet means a fesse or bar cut off short at each end.
What part of speech is humet?
Humet can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of humet?
The plural of humet is humets.

Words near humet in the dictionary

  1. humeroulnar
  2. humerous
  3. humerus
  4. humeruses
  5. Humes
  6. humet
  7. Humetewa
  8. humets
  9. humette
  10. humettes
  11. humetty

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