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Definition of Bend sinister

Bend sinister
Bend Bend, n. [AS. bend. See Band, and cf. the preceding noun.] 1. A band. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. [OF. bende, bande, F. bande. See Band.] (Her.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base. Bend sinister (Her.), an honorable ordinary drawn from the sinister chief to the dexter base.

Meaning of Bend sinister from wikipedia

- Bend Sinister is a dystopian novel written by Vladimir Nabokov during the years 1945 and 1946, and published by Henry Holt and Company in 1947. It was...
- a bend is a band or strap running from the upper dexter (the bearer's right side and the viewer's left) corner of the shield to the lower sinister (the...
- Bend Sinister is the ninth studio album by English post-punk band the Fall. It was released in September 1986 by record label Beggars Banquet. Bend Sinister...
- of God. Sinister is used to indicate that an ordinary or other charge is turned to the heraldic left of the shield. A bend sinister is a bend (diagonal...
- A bend sinister is a heraldic charge. Bend Sinister may also refer to: Bend Sinister (novel), a 1947 novel by Vladimir Nabokov Bend Sinister (album), a...
- of the bend sinister Bend sinister, heraldic charge in heraldry, sometimes used to imply ancestral illegitimacy; see bend (heraldry) Sinister hand, left-handedness...
- the arms of the former grand duchy of Baden. Bend sinister: a bend in the opposite direction (sinister chief to dexter base). Chevron: two diagonal bands...
- Bend Sinister is a progressive-indie band formed in 2001 now based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The band takes its name from a novel by Vladimir...
- Bend Sinister is the third release EP by Vancouver band, Bend Sinister released on September 14, 2007. The video for the first single, "Time Breaks Down"...
- coat of arms is defined by law as having the silver key in bend and the gold key in bend sinister. Vatican City's coat of arms is described in Annex B of...