 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 782 pages
...pairs, as cotices do the bend ; but Sir John Ferne is of a different opinion. 3. The BEND is an ordinary formed by two diagonal lines, drawn, from the dexter chief to the finifter bafe ; and contains the jth part of the field in breadth, if uncharged ; but if charged, then... | |
 | Hugh Clark - Heraldry - 1827 - 450 pages
...to give them a power of repelling evil spirits from the church by their sound. BEND is an ordinary formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base, and contains the third part if charged ; and uncharged, the fifth of the field; it is supposed to represent... | |
 | Nathaniel Whittock - 1828 - 550 pages
...painter to understand the meaning of the term. f : THE BEND AND BEND SINISTER. The bend is an ordinary formed by two diagonal lines, drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base, and continues the fifth part of the field in breadth if uncharged, and a third part if charged. The... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 806 pages
...pairs, as cotices do the bend ; but Sir John Ferne is of a different opinion. The bend is an ordinary formed by two diagonal lines, drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base ; and contains the fifth part of the field in breadth, if uncharged ; but if charged, then the third.... | |
 | Hugh Clark (heraldic engraver.) - 1829 - 454 pages
...to give them a power of repelling evil spirits from the church by their sound. BEND is an ordinary formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base, and contains the third part, if charged ; and uncharged, the fifth of the field : it is supposed to... | |
 | Thomas Robson - Heraldry - 1830 - 450 pages
...scarf, worn over the shoulder. BEND, [French, bands ; Latin, tcsnia] one of the honourable ordinaries, formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base, containing one third part of the field when charged, and one fifth when plain. Gerard Leigh assigns... | |
 | Thomas Robson (engraver.) - 1830 - 448 pages
...scarf, worn over the shoulder. BEND, [French, bandé ; Latin, taenia] one of the honourable ordinaries, formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base, containing one third part of the field when charged, and one fifth when plain. Gerard Leigh assigns... | |
 | Manual - 1846 - 154 pages
...Ex. Argent, a barrulet gules, belled with three bells proper. BUND. One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base ; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third. Ex. Azure,... | |
 | Hugh Clark, Thomas Wormull - Heraldry - 1854 - 388 pages
...are tied to the legs of hawks or falcons. See P. 17, n. 23. BEND, one of the honourable ordinaries, is formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base, and contains the third part, if charged ; and uncharged, the fifth of the field ; it is supposed to... | |
 | Hugh Clark, Thomas Wormull - Heraldry - 1866 - 374 pages
...tied to the legs of hawks or falcons. See PL xxvin., n. 23. BEND, one of the honourable ordinaries, is formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base, and contains the third part, if charged; and uncharged, the fifth of the field. PL iv., n. 5. BEND... | |
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MACKENZIE says this heraldic bearing was derived from the pales of wood which the mediaeval soldiers carried, and fixed in the earth to encamp them. The Pale has two diminutives or moieties, viz., the Pallet (No. 49), which contains one-half the Pale,... 
