Fās'ci-ā, n.

noun

(fāsh'ĭ-ā), n.; pl. FĀS'CI-Æ. [Lat. fascia, band, allied to fascis; It. fascia, Pr. faissa, Pg. faixa, faxa, Sp. faja.]

A band, sash, or fillet; a belt; a stripe.
(Arch.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet.
(Astron.) The belt of a planet.
(Anat.) A thin, tendinous covering which surrounds the muscles of the limbs, and binds them in their places; aponeurosis. Parr.