in bend

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English

Arms of Grey College: Gules a scaling ladder in bend argent between two St Cuthbert's crosses proper.
Arms of Spicer of Exeter: Per pale gules and sable, three castles in bend or cotised within a bordure engrailed ermine.

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in bend

  1. (heraldry) Of figures: placed in a slanting direction from the dexter chief to the sinister base.

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  • The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at

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