bend sinister
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That in heraldry, a bend sinister indicates bastardy.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2019
The bend sinister is the same breadth as the bend dexter, and is drawn from the sinister to the dexter side of the shield.
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
It is a diminutive of the bend sinister, of which it is one-fourth in width, couped or cut short at the ends, so as not to touch the corners of the shield.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
To which I could only reply, "Madam, I have never yet discovered the bend sinister on our escutcheon."
He even showed her his complicated coat-of-arms, which included a bend sinister, for he had royal blood in his veins; and this slanting rod interested Isabel as deeply as the moat under the window.
From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
