WordNet
bend dexter
n. diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left [syn: bend]
Usage examples of "bend dexter".
He studied the blazon, a shield bend dexter, with a crouching red dragon chief on field gold, and an upraised lions claw in gold upon a field red.
As the car accelerated again, Kelly got a glimpse of the unit patch on the left shoulder of the trooper's fatigues: a horse and bend dexter worked in gold embroidery on a shield-shaped blue field.