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baton sinister

baton sinister noun: a kind of bend sinister, in which a narrow strip extends from the lower left to the upper right of the shield in a coat of arms but does not extend to the edges of the shield.

baton sinister: a kind of bend sinister, in which a narrow strip extends from the lower left to the upper right of...
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Noun

baton sinister (plural batons sinister)

  1. A kind of bend sinister, in which a narrow strip extends from the lower left to the upper right of the shield in a coat of arms but does not extend to the edges of the shield

Forms of baton sinister

pluralbatons sinister

Questions about baton sinister

What does baton sinister mean?
Baton sinister means a kind of bend sinister, in which a narrow strip extends from the lower left to the upper right of the shield in a coat of arms but does not extend to the edges of the shield.
What part of speech is baton sinister?
Baton sinister is a noun.
What is the plural of baton sinister?
The plural of baton sinister is batons sinister.

Words near baton sinister in the dictionary

  1. baton
  2. Baton Rouge
  3. Baton Rougian
  4. baton round
  5. baton rounds
  6. baton sinister
  7. batoned
  8. batoneer
  9. batoneers
  10. Batonga
  11. batonic

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