BAR, in heraldry, an ordinary in form of the fess, but much less. It differs from the fess only in its narrowness; and in this, that the bar may be placed in any part of the field, whereas the fess is confined to a single place. See Plate LI. fig. 4.
Bar-gemel, that is a double bar, called by the French jamelles, and by the Latin writers jugaria fasciola, and justitia bijuges, is a diminutive of the fess. See Plate LI. fig. 5.