Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In heraldry, standing still, with all the feet on the ground; statant: said of a lion, horse, or other animal used as a bearing.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Her.) Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective heraldry Standing still, with all the feet on the ground.

Etymologies

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French, placed, posed.

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