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Definition of Gardant
1. Adjective. Looking forward.
Definition of Gardant
1. a. Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; -- said of a lion or other beast.
Definition of Gardant
1. Adjective. (heraldry) Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gardant
1. turned directly toward the observer -- used of a heraldic animal [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gardant
Literary usage of Gardant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Feudal Coats of Arms from Heraldic Rolls 1298-1418: Illustrated with by Joseph Foster (1902)
"... Robert de (E. HL Roll) bore, azure, a leopard rampant argent .Ie a lyon rampant
gardant ; Jenyns' ... rampant gardant argent. (F.) Arundel Roll. ..."
2. The Antiquary (1904)
"The arms upon this plate on the first shield: Quarterly i, Wynne, vert, three
eagles displayed in fess, or; 2, gu., three lions passant gardant in pale ..."
3. The Annals of England: An Epitome of English History, from Contemporary by William Edward] [Flaherty (1857)
"... Cromwells placed their arms (a lion rampant gardant argent) on an escutcheon
surtout, sable. AD 1649. Charles II. becomes king de jure, Jan. 30 «. ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The lion was naturally supposed to be rampant and in profile, the leopard passant
gardant. When the conventional animal that might stand for either was ..."
5. Some Feudal Coats of Arms from Heraldic Rolls 1298-1418: Illustrated with by Joseph Foster (1902)
"... Robert de (E. HL Roll) bore, azure, a leopard rampant argent .Ie a lyon rampant
gardant ; Jenyns' ... rampant gardant argent. (F.) Arundel Roll. ..."
6. The Antiquary (1904)
"The arms upon this plate on the first shield: Quarterly i, Wynne, vert, three
eagles displayed in fess, or; 2, gu., three lions passant gardant in pale ..."
7. The Annals of England: An Epitome of English History, from Contemporary by William Edward] [Flaherty (1857)
"... Cromwells placed their arms (a lion rampant gardant argent) on an escutcheon
surtout, sable. AD 1649. Charles II. becomes king de jure, Jan. 30 «. ..."
8. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The lion was naturally supposed to be rampant and in profile, the leopard passant
gardant. When the conventional animal that might stand for either was ..."
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