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spec. Heraldry. A diminutive of the bend sinister, being one fourth of its width. †Also, a riband, or eighth part of a bend (obsolete).
Heraldry. A subordinary on a shield, comprising a very narrow diagonal strip of colour in width one eighth of the bend, and one half of the cottise…
Heraldry. = riband, n. 2. Now rare.