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a horizontal stripe, as in the coat of arms of Austria. Typically 1/5 to 1/3 the height of the field.
** Bar: a narrower fess (said in theory to occupy one-fifth of the field), sometimes reckoned as an ordinary in its own right. It is rarely borne singly.
*Bend: an oblique band from the dexter chief (the bearer's upper right, viewer's upper left) to the opposite corner, as in the arms

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