'bastard bar' definitions:

Definition of 'bastard bar'

From: GCIDE
  • Baton \Bat"on\ (b[a^]t"[u^]n, F. b[aum]`t[^o]N"; 277), n. [F. b[^a]ton. See Baston.]
  • 1. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances. [1913 Webster]
  • He held the baton of command. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Her.) An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also {bastard bar}. See Bend sinister. [1913 Webster]