单词 | bar sinister |
释义 | > as lemmasbar sinister 6. Heraldry. An honourable ordinary, formed (like the fess) by two parallel lines drawn horizontally across the shield, and including not more than its fifth part. bar sinister: in popular, but erroneous phrase, the heraldic sign of illegitimacy; see baton n., bend n.1, (sinister). bar-gemel: a double bar, or small bars placed in couplets. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > charge of simplest or commonest kind > bar of two horizontal lines label1440 bar1592 trangle1725 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > charge of simplest or commonest kind > bar of two horizontal lines > smaller bars gemew1486 barrulet1562 closet1562 humet1572 barret1587 bar-gemel1592 gemel1592 gemew1657 wiure1688 bandlet1850 bracelet- society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > charge of simplest or commonest kind > band crossing shield diagonally > running from top right to bottom left sinister bend1612 bend sinister1622 crossbar1655 bar sinister1823 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 97 Sir Lewis Harcourt came, Two golden bars that bare in field of guls. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vi. 59 A Barre is..drawen ouerthwart the Escocheon..it containeth the fifth part of the Field. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vii. 75 Termed in Blazon Barres Gemelles, of the Latine word Gemellus, which signifieth a Twin. 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) The bar may be placed in any part of the field. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. xii. 303 My bar sinister may never be surmounted by the coronet of Croye. < as lemmas |
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