Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In heraldry, turned in a way contrary to the usual position, or with the back displayed instead of the front. Thus, an eagle recursant shows the back of the bird with the wings crossed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Her.) Displayed with the back toward the spectator; -- said especially of an eagle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective heraldry Having its
back towards theobserver ; said especially of aneagle .
Etymologies
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Latin recursans, -antis, present participle of recursare to run back, v. freq. of recurrere. See recure.
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