a. [f. prec. + -ABLE.] Capable of being bent; flexible.
1611. Cotgr., Ployable, pliable, bowable, bendable.
1642. R. Carpenter, Experience, III. 47. The chiefe acts of nature in the soule are, of themselves, inclinable and bendable to Grace.
1755. in Johnson and in mod. Dicts.