Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, palewise with the head uppermost: applied to a fish used as a bearing, as if represented with the head above the water to draw or suck in the air.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Her.) In pale, with the head in chief; -- said of the figure of a fish, as if rising for air.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective heraldry, of a fish
Oriented vertically , with the head tochief and tail tobase .
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Examples
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Valence_ appears dimidiating the French Coat of _Claremont Nesle_ -- _gu., semée of trefoils, two barbels haurient addorsed or_: the Dimidiation here cuts off and removes one-half of the De Valence martlets and also one of the two barbels of Claremont.
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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Percy modern: _second and third, gu., three lucies haurient arg.
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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"His daughter, yea; but she is a widow, bearing in her lozenge, per pale with Audley, gules three herrings haurient argent, for
Grisly Grisell Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
hernesheir commented on the word haurient
montant, in heraldry.
December 8, 2010