[Illustration: In bend]

Ex. Or, three torteaux in bend.

BENDLET. A diminutive of the bend, of the same shape, but only half
the width of the bend.

BENDY. This word serves to denote a field divided diagonally into
several bends, varying in metal and colour.

[Illustration: Bendy]

Ex. Bendy of six pieces, azure and argent.

BESANT, or BEZANT. Gold coin of Byzantium; when they appear in a coat
of arms their colour is not described: a besant is always or.

[Illustration: Besant]

BILLETS. This charge is, by some authors, supposed to represent tiles
or bricks; by others that it represents a letter or billet. The name
and form of the charge most accords with the latter opinion.

[Illustration: Billets]

Ex. Argent, three billets azure, two over one.

BISHOPS. Church dignitaries: they are barons of the realm, and have
precedence next to viscounts: they have the title of _lords_, and
_right reverend fathers in God_.