humetty, a. Her.
(hjuːˈmɛtɪ)
Also -é, -ee.
[f. humet + -y = Fr. -é.]
Said of an ordinary (as a cross, fesse, chevron, etc.) of which the extremities are couped or cut off so as not to reach the sides of the escutcheon.
| 1572 J. Bossewell Armorie iii. 1 b, Thys Crosse..beyng humette and ragueled. 1766 Porny Heraldry Dict., Humet or Humetty. 1809 Naval Chron. XXI. 189 Azure a cheveron, humetty between three covered cups or. 1868–82 Cussans Her. iv. (ed. 3) 61 The Cross humetté, or couped, as its name implies, has its extremities cut off. |