bend sinister
Example Sentences
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That in heraldry, a bend sinister indicates bastardy.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2019
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
There were several generations of them, and used for their arms those of Bonville with the addition of a bend sinister; they also became extinct.
From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton
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
To which I could only reply, "Madam, I have never yet discovered the bend sinister on our escutcheon."
