repassant

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11
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13
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9

Definition of repassant

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable, rare)Counterpassant.
    “[...] Hee beareth, Sable, two lyoncels, the one paffant, the other repassant, Argent, both collared, Gules, but in mine opinion no man by this last blazon is able to tricke, or expresse the true portraiture and manner of the bearing of these lioncels, […]”
    “REPASSANT, a. [...] in her., term applied when two lions or other animals are borne going contrary ways, one of which is passant, by walking toward the dexter side of the shield in the usual way, and the other repassant by going toward the sinister.”
    “[…] To the right of the window is the image of a single passant repassant lion, which marches along the decorative[…]”

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Etymology

Compare French repassant (present participle of repasser).

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