Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, rampant in opposite directions: said of animals used as bearings.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective heraldry, of two animals Both
rampant andfacing each other
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Shield, bowed in its contour, and charged with a _single_ Lion rampant facing to the sinister, or _counter-rampant_, No. 190; and it has been conjectured that, were the whole face of this Shield visible, a second
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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