请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 bend sinister
释义

bend sinister

SEE SYNONYMS FOR bend sinister ON THESAURUS.COM

noun Heraldry.

a diagonal band extending from the sinister chief of an escutcheon to the dexter base: a supposed mark of bastardy.

Origin of bend sinister

First recorded in 1615–25

Words nearby bend sinister

bending fracture, bending moment, bend one's elbow, bend over backwards, bends, bend sinister, bend someone's ear, bendy, bene-, beneath, Beneba
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for bend sinister

  • Baton-sinister, a bend-sinister like a marshal's baton, an indication of illegitimacy.

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia|Edited by Rev. James Wood
  • His proud crest and armorial bearings support him: no bend-sinister slurs his poetical escutcheon!

    Table-Talk|William Hazlitt

British Dictionary definitions for bend sinister

bend sinister

noun

heraldry a diagonal line bisecting a shield from the top right to the bottom left, typically indicating a bastard line
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 1:32:27