Bendlet vs Fretty - What's the difference?
bendlet | fretty |
(heraldiccharge) A diminutive of the bend, of the same shape, but only half the width of the bend.
(heraldry) Covered with a lattice-like pattern of diagonally interlaced bendlets and bendlets sinister.
As a noun bendlet
is (heraldiccharge) a diminutive of the bend, of the same shape, but only half the width of the bend.As an adjective fretty is
(heraldry) covered with a lattice-like pattern of diagonally interlaced bendlets and bendlets sinister or fretty can be inclined to fret, agitated, worrying.bendlet
English
Noun
(en noun)References
*fretty
English
Etymology 1
.Adjective
(-)- ''The coats of various noble British families were originally fretty , but later 'simplified' to a single fret