Found 2 items, similar to bend sinister.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bend sinister bend sinister n : a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left [syn: bar sinister]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bend sinister Bend \Bend\, n. [AS. bend. See Band, and cf. the preceding noun.] 1. A band. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Bend sinister (Her.), an honorable ordinary drawn from the sinister chief to the dexter base. [1913 Webster]