| Also termed Fermaile, or Femaille. The emblem of Fidelity and Firmness. In Armoury these are of various shapes; in blazoning them this must be named. e.g. A lozengy-buckle tongue-fessways; an oval-buckle and round-buckle tongue pendent; a mail, or square buckle; a buckle of an heart shape tongue pendent, a round-buckle tongue erect, and a belt-buckle. |