† counter-ˈbendy,a.Obs.Her. [counter- 14, after F. contre-bandé.] Bendy, with the bends formed of two halves of different tinctures counterchanged. 1727–51Chambers Cycl., Counter-bendy, or Contre-bandé, in heraldry, is used by the French to express what we ordinarily call bendy of six per bend sinister counter⁓changed.