Definition of "bendlet" []

• A diminutive of the bend, of the same shape, but only half the width of the bend. (noun)

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• ""The same, but here, overall, is the bendlet sinister.""
• "Certainly no quarter of a town could use a mark of cadency below a bendlet, and Florence was more careful than most Italian towns to be precise in her heraldry."
• "His coat had previously borne the bendlet sinister, but this was officially turned into a bendlet dexter, to show that the King had been pleased to legitimise him in recognition of his services to Joan of Arc. Jean was"