单词 | repassant |
释义 | † repassantadj. Heraldry. Obsolete. Of a four-legged animal: walking towards the sinister while another animal walks towards the dexter. Cf. passant adj. 3.The more usual term is counter-passant adj.passant repassant: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [adjective] > specific movements of heraldic beasts passantc1425 rampant1449 natantc1460 combatantc1500 issant1513 naiant1562 salient1562 cursant1572 naissant1572 vibrant1572 counter-salient1610 current1610 issuant1610 counter-passant1632 repassant1632 courant1727 contourné1728 1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. xv. 194 Some blazoners haue giuen another blazon to this Coate-Armour thus; Hee beareth Sable, two lioncels, the one passant, the other re-passant, Argent, both collared, Gules. c1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss. Re-passant, or Counter-Passant, that is, when two lions, or other animals, are borne going contrary ways, one of which is passant, by walking towards the dexter side of the shield, in the usual way, and the other re-passant by going towards the sinister. 1894 H. Gough & J. Parker Gloss. Terms Heraldry (new ed.) 447 Counter passant, or repassant, passant towards the sinister. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1632 |
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