Definition of Bendlet

1. n. A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend.

Definition of Bendlet

1. Noun. (heraldiccharge) A diminutive of the bend, of the same shape, but only half the width of the bend. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bendlet

1. a half-width bend [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bendlet

bendest
bendeth
bendier
bendies
bendiest
bendiness
bending
bending fracture
bending the truth
bendingly
bendings
bendiocarb
bendir
bendirs
bendless
bendlet (current term)
bendlets
bendly
bendrofluazide
bendroflumethiazide
bends
bends the truth
bendsome
bendways
bendwise
bendy
bendy bus
bendy straw
bendy straws
bendy tree

Literary usage of Bendlet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications of the Surtees Society by Surtees Society (1882)
"Two slips, one retaining a small circular seal with a skidd bearing, over a lion rampant, a bendlet. Insc. s. ..."

2. The Visitation of the County of Gloucester: Taken in the Year 1623 by Henry Chitting, John Philipot, William Camden, John Maclean, College of Arms (Great Britain) (1885)
"... by a bendlet sinister gules; 4, Or, two palets gules, over all a lion rampant sable, charged with a mullet; 5, Paly of six or and gule*. ..."

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