bend sinister
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That in heraldry, a bend sinister indicates bastardy.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2019
For all of the bend sinister upon his escutcheon, Reginald Maltravers was as fanatical concerning the family as his father.
From The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis
Thus a bend proceeding from the top of the left side of the shield is called a bend sinister.
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 Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; Ð called also bastard bar.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
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