Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, passant in contrary directions: said of beasts used as bearings.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Her.) Passant in opposite directions; -- said of two animals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective heraldry
Passant inopposite directions ; said of twoanimals .
Etymologies
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counter- + passant
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