Meanings
adverbper bend (not comparable)
- not comparablegovernment(Partitioned) diagonally by a line going from the dexter chief (viewer's top left) along a 45 degree angle towards the sinister base, (especially) into two halves (formally party per bend).
per bend argent and gules; tierced per bend
1 more example
Per bend and per pale or and arg. JOHNSON, 1730. Per bend or and az. CRANE. Per bend dancetty or and az. […]
1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 182
Translations
Dutch geschuind
- geschuindheraldry: partitioned diagonally (\): party per bend
French tranché
- tranchéheraldry: partitioned diagonally (\): party per bend
Spanish tronchado
- tronchadoheraldry: partitioned diagonally (\): party per bend
Cite this entry
APA
per bend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/per%20bend
MLA
“per bend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/per%20bend. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “per bend,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/per%20bend.
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