n.
〈纹章〉从左上角到右下角的对角条纹

bend sinister
盾纹上表示庶出的斜条

[ noun ]
a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left
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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.