Bend
Banda
Aryan
Orange
Pilsen
Slope
Port
Starboard
Puerto de Palos
Luke1:11
"And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing
on the right side of the altar of incense"
In
heraldry, a
bend is a coloured band running from the upper right corner of the
shield
to the lower left (from the point of view of a person bearing the
shield). Writers differ in how much of the field they say it covers,
ranging from one-fifth (if shown between other
charges)
up to one-third (if charged itself). Although the theory that the bend
may occupy one-third of the field is sometimes said to exclude the
possibility of two or three bends being specified to be shown together
on a shield, there are contrary examples.
A bend can be modified by most of the
lines of partition — like the engrailed bend in the coat of
Cleethorpes Borough Council, England, and the wavy bend in the coat of
Picard, Canada.
A
bend sinister
is a bend which runs in the other direction to a bend. As the shield
would have been carried with the design facing outwards from the bearer,
the bend sinister would slant in the same direction a sash worn
diagonally on the left shoulder;
sinister coming from the Latin and meaning
left — to be seen in the coat of
Lincolnshire County Council
Chess : “Puerto de Palos” "Orange" “Aryan” "Pilsen" "Slope"“Bend”
“Port” "Banda"
Port:
1, Left, from the naval
term. Originally larboard the term was changed in the late 18th Century to keep
from confusing it with starboard, which means right. The port side of a ship
will be illuminated with a red light.
2.IN BRIEF: A place where ships may take shelter from
storms. A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
— Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992,) US Navy admiral and computer scientist.
3. To hold or carry (a weapon) diagonally across the body,
with the muzzle or blade near the left shoulder.
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