a. Her. [ad. OF. bendé, mod.F. bandé: see BEND sb.2] Of a shield: Divided diagonally into an even number (usually six) of equal divisions, colored alternately. Bendy-wavy: when the bends or bendlets have wavy margins.
1486. Bk. St. Albans, Her., D viij a. He bereth barri bendy, of gowles and golde.
1610. Gwillim, Displ. Heraldry, V. iii. (1660), 370. He beareth Bendy-wavie of six Argent and Azure.
1727. Bradley, Fam. Dict., Bendy, a Term in Blazonry for an Escutcheon being divided Bendways into an even Number of Partitions; but if they are odd, the Field must first be named, and then the Number of the Bends.
1766. Porny, Heraldry (1787), 69. When the Shield is filled with six Bendlets of metal and colour, it is called Bendy; but if the number is either more or less than six, they are to be blazoned by the name of Bendlets and their number specified.
1864. Boutell, Heraldry, viii. 36.
