trippantadj.
/ˈtrɪpənt/ Heraldry.
= tripping adj. 3.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [adjective] > specific movements of heraldic beasts > of buck, stag, or hind
tripping1562
counter-tripping1610
trippant1658
counter-trippant1830
1658 Acct. in J. Prestwich Respublica (1787) 192 A bucke trippant Gules, attired Or.
c1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss. Trippant, or Tripping, a term used to express a buck, antelope, hart, hind, &c. when represented with the right foot lifted up, and the other three feet, as it were, upon the ground, as if trotting.
1898 Tit-bits 25 June 512/2 Crest, a stag trippant; arms, a chevron between three roundles.
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