单词 | reboundant |
释义 | reboundantadj. Heraldry. rare. Now historical. Of a lion's tail: turned up in the shape of a letter S, with the end facing outwards; = reverberant adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [adjective] > having tail > having tail in specific position cowardc1500 percussed1572 reverberant1572 percussant1688 reboundant1688 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vii. §10 A Lion rampant regardant, the tail reverberant or beaten back, or reboundant, as having beaten it to his back, and it hath rebounded again from thence. 1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Reboundant, or Rebounding, a term sometimes used, in ancient heraldry, for the tail of a lion, when turned up like the letter S, the end of the tail being outwards. 1910 W. A. Copinger Heraldry Simplified 368/1 Reboundant, or Rebounding, formerly applied to the tail of a lion when turned up like the letter S. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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