'Bend sinister' definitions:

Definition of 'bend sinister'

(from WordNet)
noun
A mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left [syn: bar sinister, bend sinister]

Definition of 'Bend sinister'

From: GCIDE
  • Bend \Bend\, n. [AS. bend. See Band, and cf. the preceding noun.]
  • 1. A band. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. [OF. bende, bande, F. bande. See Band.] (Her.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base. [1913 Webster]
  • Bend sinister (Her.), an honorable ordinary drawn from the sinister chief to the dexter base. [1913 Webster]