The pale and the pallet may receive any charge; but the endorse is never to be charged with any thing.
THE BEND.
The bend is an honourable ordinary, formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base, and contains the fifth part of the field if uncharged; but if charged with other figures, the third part of the field.
Ex. Argent, a bend, vert.
The bend has four diminutives, viz. the garter which is half the breadth of the bend.
Ex. Argent, a garter, gules.
The cotice which is the fourth part of the bend. Cotices generally accompany the bend in pairs; thus a bend between two cotices is said to be cotised.
