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portate, a. Her.|ˈpɔətət|
[ad. L. portātus carried, borne, pa. pple. of portāre to carry.]
In cross portate, a cross represented in a sloping position (in bend), as if carried on the shoulder.
1562Leigh Armorie 54 b, Wherefore call you the same portate? For on this fashion it laye on Christes showlder, who bare the same to the mounte of Calvary. 1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 99 b, A Crosse portate in his propre coloure. 1725Coats Dict. Her. s.v., A Cross-Portate,..lies athwart the Escutcheon in Bend, as if it were carry'd on a Man's Shoulder. c1828[see portant 2]. |