baton sinister
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In heraldry, what is usually called the 'bastard bar', or 'bar sinister', is properly a baton sinister.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
During his triumphal progress through the western shires, some years before the rebellion, Monmouth first ventured to exhibit upon his escutcheon the lions of England and the lilies of France, without the baton sinister.
From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Bastard Bar Bastard Bar, more correctly baton sinister, the heraldic mark used to indicate illegitimate descent.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
What would old Vermuyden say if he impaled a baton sinister with the family arms, added a Smith to the family alliances, married the nameless, penniless teacher in a girls' school?
From Chippinge Borough by Stanley J. Weyman
