a. Her. Also 6–7 (9) unde. [a. OF. unde, -ee (F. ondé, -ée), f. L. unda (F. onde) wave, UND.] Having the form of waves; wavy. (Cf. UNDY a., OUNDY a., UNDATED a., UNDADE a.)
1513. in Glover, Hist. Derby (1829), I. App. 61. 3 barrs upon his nek, sabul unde or wave.
1572. Bossewell, Armorie, 26. Crosses,… vairee, vndee, nebulee, cordee [etc.]. Ibid., II. 28. G. beareth Or and Gules, parted per Pale, vndee. It is termed Vndee, because two colors are caried one into an other, by the maner of water troubled with ye wind.
1611. Guillim, Heraldry, II. v. 50. This is termed a Bend Vnde.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, I. 19/1. Wavee, or Wavey, or Waved, or Unde, or Surged.
c. 1828. Berry, Encycl. Her., I. Gloss., Unde, Undée … is applied to charges, the edges of which curve and recurve, like the waves of water.
1863. Boutell, Her. Hist. & Pop., xxi. 287. Barry undée of six, arg. and az.
1868. Cussans, Her. (1893), 47. The lines by which a shield is divided … may assume any of the … forms:… Undé, or Wavy. Nebulé [etc.].
