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per bend en · ADV

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) (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:

Translations (3)

es tronchado (heraldry: partitioned diagonally (\): party per bend) · fr tranché (heraldry: partitioned diagonally (\): party per bend) · nl geschuind (heraldry: partitioned diagonally (\): party per bend)