1) Band on a shield 2) Band on an escutcheon 3) Fess 4) Ordinary 5) Shield figure 1) Fess 
• (n.) A band drawn horizontally across the center of an escutcheon, and containing in breadth the third part of it; one of the nine honorable ordinaries.
In heraldry, a fesse is one of the nine honourable ordinaries, consisting of a belt drawn horizontally across the middle of the shield and occupying one third of the field.
[n] - (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield
fess noun (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield