Bend"ing, n. The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bend"let (&?;), n. [Bend + - let: cf. E. bandlet.] (Her.) A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend.
Bend"wise (&?;), adv. (Her.) Diagonally.
Ben"dy (&?;), a. [From Bend a band.] (Her.) Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge. Cussans.
Ben"e (&?;), n. (Bot.) See Benne.