per bend

See also: perbend

English

Left: party per bend, argent and gules. Right: tierced per bend, gules, argent, and sable.

Adverb

per bend (not comparable)

(heraldry) (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
- 1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 182:
  Per bend and per pale or and arg. JOHNSON, 1730.
  Per bend or and az. CRANE.
  Per bend dancetty or and az. […]

Translations

heraldry: partitioned diagonally (\): party per bend

French: tranché (fr)
Spanish: tronchado (es)

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