Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, looking out from the field toward the observer: said of an animal passant, rampant, couchant, etc., used as a bearing: as, a lion passant gardant, or rampant gardant. A lion passant gardant is often called a leopard.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Her.) Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; -- said of a lion or other beast.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective heraldry Turning the
head towards thespectator , but not thebody .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective looking forward
Etymologies
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Examples
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Comment exclure une catégorie de la première page de votre blog WordPress tout en la gardant dans les archives.
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Quand vous avez assez de Pang vous pouvez donc choisir ce que vous voulez ameliorer tout en gardant a l'esprit, par exemple, qu'un perso trop fort n'aura pas beaucoup d'adresse ou de maitrise (sans maitrise, la puissance n'est rien).
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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Comment exclure une catégorie de la première page de votre blog WordPress tout en la gardant dans les archives.
Excluding One Category From Blog Homepage (WordPress) — Climb to the Stars 2007
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FWIW, I suspect "statant gardant" might be the correct choice.
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After much thought, he chose a silver owl gardant on a sable field for his coat-of-arms.
Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003
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A cet gard, plusieurs aspects peuvent tre souligns tout en gardant bien l'esprit que comme pour tout produit industriel un contrle de qualit strict, permanent et intransigeant doit tre mis en place.
Chapter 12 1997
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My family arms are the same, which were borne by the Gibbons of Kent in an age, when the College of Heralds religiously guarded the distinctions of blood and name: a lion rampant gardant, between three schallop-shells argent, on a field azure.
Memoirs of My Life and Writings Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 1994
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De telles gentillesses pourras tu seruir à table, te gardant bien de mettre quelque chose de chaud aupres.
Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983
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De telles gentillesses pourras tu seruir à table, te gardant bien de mettre quelque chose de chaud aupres.
Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983
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_Pontefract Cakes_, impressed with the arms -- three lions passant gardant, surmounted with a helmet, full-forward, open faced, and garde-visure.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 531, January 28, 1832 Various
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