Her. Obs. [a. F. comble in same sense:—L. cumulus heap, pile, heap above the full measure, crown.] The diminutive of the chief of the escutcheon, occupying one fourth of its depth towards its lower portion; the fillet.
1523. Ld. Berners, Froiss., I. lxxvii. 99. Sir Wyllyam Duglas … bare azure, a comble syluer, thre starres goules.
1568. Grafton, Chron., II. 254.
1722. Nisbet, Heraldry, I. 72. The chief can only be parted per fess, when three parts are above and one below—and this is called a Combel or Fillet—viz. the diminutive of a chief.
