Definition of "abaissé"

abaissé

/əˈbeɪˌseɪ/

adjective
not comparable
1. (heraldry) Of a charge, especially a fess: borne lower than usual.
  Quotations
  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.
  1896, John Woodward, A treatise on heraldry, British and foreign, W. & A.K. Johnston, page 129
2. (heraldry) Having the ends (tips) of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield (of an eagle, etc).