bend sinister
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That in heraldry, a bend sinister indicates bastardy.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2019
The bend sinister is the same breadth as the bend dexter, and is drawn from the sinister to the dexter side of the shield.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
The shield was—Per fesse embattled, ar. and sa., three falcons, belted, countercharged—a bend sinister.
From Notes and Queries, Number 47, September 21, 1850 by Various
The scarpe is the diminutive of the bend sinister, and is half its size.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
Far better the bend sinister in his own class than a legitimate parent of the type of 'Gene Bisbee or D.V.
From The Avalanche by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
