Obs. [f. BEND sb.2] Striped or banded; in Her. having a bend or bends; = BENDY.
c. 1400. Maundev., 276. Five saphires bended with gold.
c. 1430. Syr Gener., 4538. Hou he with the bended sheld Smote the othre thurgh the bodie.
1572. Bossewell, Armorie, II. 85 b. One greate difference betwene Armes Bended, and these Armes … For in Armes Bendee the colours contained in the shielde are equally diuided.
