Defn: The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
BENDLET
Bend"let, n. Etym: [Bend + -let: cf. E. bandlet.] (Her.)
Defn: A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend.
BENDWISE
Bend"wise, adv. (Her.)
Defn: Diagonally.
BENDY
Ben"dy, a. Etym: [From Bend a band.] (Her.)
Defn: Divided into an even number of bends; — said of a shield or its charge. Cussans.
BENE
Ben"e, n. (Bot.)
Defn: See Benne.
BENE
Be"ne, n. Etym: [AS. b.]