humet
Meanings
noun
- A fesse or bar cut off short at each end.
adj
- Humetté, couped.
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Etymology
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.
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