addorsed
/əˈdɔːst
/adjective Heraldry
Placed back to back: the family stamp of two addorsed salmon...
- Two rampant gazelles, whose addorsed bodies cross at the hindquarters, complete the tableau.
- Silk C depicts addorsed and regardant falcons with beading separating bodies from tails.
- All the others take the form of anthropomorphs either attached to a central aniconic shaft or addorsed by a tree.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin ad 'to' + dorsum 'back' + -ed2.