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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BENDLET

n.In heraldry, a little bend, which occupies a sixth part of a shield.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BENDLET

Bend "let, n. Etym: [Bend + -let: cf. E. bandlet. ] (Her. )

 

Defn: A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bendlet

bend |let ▶noun Heraldry a bend of half the normal width, usually borne in groups of two or three. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: probably from the earlier heraldic term bendel ‘little bend ’ (Old French diminutive of bende ‘band ’) + -et 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

bendlet

bend |let ▶noun Heraldry a bend of half the normal width, usually borne in groups of two or three. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: probably from the earlier heraldic term bendel ‘little bend ’ (Old French diminutive of bende ‘band ’) + -et 1 .