a. Her. Also anglicized FITCHY. [ad. Fr. fiché, fichée, pa. pple. of ficher to fix.] Fixed: applied to a cross, the lower extremity of which is sharpened to a point.
1572. Bossewell, Armorie, II. 64 b. S. beareth Sable twoo Delphines d’Argent, addorsez hariant, betwene sixe Crosses Botony Fitche.
a. 1661. Fuller, Worthies (1662), 141. A Cross Patee fitchee betwixt the Attire.
1864. Boutell, Heraldry Hist. & Pop., vi. 29. When the Shaft of any Cross is pointed at the base, it is said to be Fitchée, ‘fixable,’ that is, in the ground.
