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1. (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	ordinary,
definition	:	(heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields (noun.artifact)

domain category	:	heraldry,
definition	:	the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies (noun.cognition)