Bends 1
Bends 2
1 Bend.
One of the ordinaries created
by two lines, drawn from the
dexter chief point to
the sinister
base point of the
shield. It generally occupies one-fifth
of the field; but formerly it was one-fifth
only when plain, and one-third when
charged. The diminutives of the
bend are the
bendlet, which is
half its width and the cotise, which
is one-fourth.
It is supposed to represent a
shoulder belt or scarf.
It should be noted that, although
the bend is borne both dexter and
sinister, the word bend alone is always considered to
imply the former. When borne
sinister it should then be expressly stated a bend sinister
when it is regarded an ordinary
in its own right.
2. Bend sinister is
an ordinary in its own right, being a bend reversed extending from the
sinister
chief to the
dexter base. The diminutives
of the
bend sinister
are the scarpe,
which is half its width; and the baton,
half as wide as the scarpe and
couped.
3. Bend
indented having the edge or sides like the teeth of a
saw.
4. Bend per bend divides the bend down the
centre by any of the partition lines,
indented,
etc. .
5. Bend indented
embowed, or hacked and
hewed on the sides.
6. Bend compony
is divided
by traverse lines in squares forming only one row. It is
borne of
metal and colour.
7. Bend compony counter compony is
formed of two rows of compony, alternately of
metal and colour.
8. Bend chequy is
parted by transverse lines in squares, and never less than three rows, it is
borne of
metal and colour
alternately.
9. Bend
billetty counter billetty. When the bend is divided
by lines lengthways and transverse to form an oblong, resembling
the shape of the billet.
10. Bend flory, or floried, is a bend
with fleur-de-lis
issuing from the side, and
Bend
counter-flory, is a bend
with fleur-de-lis issuing from both sides,
alternately and reversed.
11. Bend
escallopé
also called papellonné, pampelleté or pepilloté. These
are French terms describing a charge covered
with curved overlapping lines resembling
scallop
shells or fish scales. The lines should be represented as overlapping each
other.
12. Bend
fretty having small pieces
crossing and latticing each other in the form of
lozenges.
13. Bend engrailed or
ingrailed having the sides cut out with little semicircular
indents.
14. Bend invected
or invecked is the reverse of engrailed, all the points turning inwards.
15. Bend angled is when the straight of
the bend is turned aside in another direction, as rectangled,
acute-angled or bevilled.
16. Bend
bevilled,
that is when the outward line is cut off by another line making an acute, or
sharp cornered angle, inclining to a triangular form.
17. Bend double
bevilled, having two angles or turns.
18. Bend archy,
arched, or bowed, (by
some improperly termed a bend champaine, and also a bend shapourne) takes the
form of an arch, and is borne by a family of the name of Archby, viz. purp a
bend archy arg.
19. Bend triple
arched, sometimes found blazoned bend nué or nuage.
20. Bend
urdy sometimes, though improperly, termed a bend archy and
chapournet; it has also
also been called a bend varriated on the outsides, and a bend
crenelé, points
pointed, but in the latter instance the projections ought to be set opposite to
each other.
21. Bend urdy surmounted of another, also to be found
blazoned as bend bretessed nue.
22. Bend
fimbriated
is a term describing a charge edged either of a metal to prevent two colours coming together, or of a colour, to prevent the meeting of two metals. This is made in order to avoid breaking the rule that "no metal can be placed on metal , or colour on colour." See Tincture
23. Bend edged
is a term similar to but distinguished from
fimbriated, in the sense that,
where the charge is totally enclosed by
the edging, the term fimbriated
is used, whereas, when the edging is interrupted by the side of the
shield, the term edged is used. This
charge differs from a
bend surmounted of another
in that the shadowing is shown in the latter to indicate the existence of the
second bend.
24. Bend bordered is very occasionally encountered in blazon to describe a charge edged either of a metal or colour in its own right.
25. Bend double edged. This bearing is blazoned so that the metal or
colour of the edging next to the bend should be first named, and the more
remote, secondly. Example, gu a bend or, double edged az and arg
26. Bend voided, so that the field
is shown.
At first glance this bearing appears similar to two bendlets,
and is indeed indistinguishable from that bearing when borne plain. If borne,
say, indented, however, the difference is
immediately obvious, as each bendlet would have both
sides indented,
whereas the voided bend would have only the outer edge indented.
27. Bend
lozengy or lozengé, does not
alter the outward shape of the bend, the surface only being divided into
lozenges
which are borne alternately of different
metals,
colours and
furs.
28. Bend masculy
or masculé, resembles
the bend
lozengy, differing only in the perforations which show the
field through.
29. Bend dovetailed or bend
paté has the sides projecting
and indented like dove-tails, and resembling one quarter of the
cross paté
from which the name is derived.
30. Bend
potenté, like the bend paté,
is formed by one limb of the cross potent issuing from the sides.
31. Bend wavy or
waved, termed also undé, having the same
meaning.
32. Bend
treflé, a bend with trefoils
issuing from the side.
33. Bend
nebuly, representing the form of clouds on the outsides.
34.
Bend nebuly
(enté en ronde),
representing the more simply rounded form of clouds on the outsides.
35 & 36. Bend
radiant, rayonné, or
rayonnant, having rays issuing from the sides, which
may be wavy and strait alternately, or wavy throughout.
37. Wall embattled
in bend sinister.
38. Bend surmounted of another. This
charge differs from a
bend edged in that the shadowing is shown to
indicate the existence of the second bend.
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