Definition of "bents" [bents]

• Plural form of bent. (noun)

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• "Whether it be messenger types running the maze of "cagers" and "flesh pylons;" over-trained tri-dorks turning every workplace conversation into a competitive dick-swing or bearded, chemical engineer recumbo-commuters who are naive enough to think that what we mean by calling them "bents" is short for recumbent as they use the term, cyclists of all sorts have pissed away whatever sympathies they may actually deserve."
• "When ready, the building is put together in what is called bents, each bent consisting of two posts, one on each side of the building, connected together by a strong beam running across the building."
• "They were each from sixty to seventy-five feet high and about seven hundred feet in length, and constructed entirely of wooden beams, or "bents," superimposed one upon another until the required height was"