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per bend

per bend adverb: (Partitioned) diagonally by a line going from the dexter chief (viewer's top left) along a 45 degree angle towards the sinister base, (especially) into two halves (formally party per bend).

Adverb

per bend (not comparable)

  1. (Partitioned) diagonally by a line going from the dexter chief (viewer's top left) along a 45 degree angle towards the sinister base, (especially) into two halves (formally party per bend).
    • per bend argent and gules; tierced per bend
    • Per bend and per pale or and arg. JOHNSON, 1730.
    • Per bend or and az. CRANE.
    • Per bend dancetty or and az. […]1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 182

Questions about per bend

What does per bend mean?
Per bend means (Partitioned) diagonally by a line going from the dexter chief (viewer's top left) along a 45 degree angle towards the sinister base, (especially) into two halves (formally party per bend).
What part of speech is per bend?
Per bend is an adverb.

Words near per bend in the dictionary

  1. per
  2. per accidens
  3. per alia
  4. per annum
  5. per anum
  6. per bend
  7. per bend sinister
  8. per capita
  9. per cent
  10. per cent.
  11. per centum

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