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)

1. (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)