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An ordinary consisting of a band one quarter the width of a bend (bend, n.2 3) crossing the shield diagonally, usually from the dexter chief to…
An ordinary, in breadth the fourth part of a bend; usually occurring in couples, one on each side of a bend, fess, or other charge; cf. cost, n.4