Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, same as
counter-passant .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Her.) Counterpassant.
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- adjective heraldry
counterpassant
Etymologies
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Compare French repassant, present participle.
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Examples
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Enfin, voici une chanson française que répétaient en repassant les monts les soldats du Marquis de Saluces: --
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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Des chouettes voletant d’un tour à l’autre, passant et repassant entre la lune et moi, dessinaient sur mes rideaux l’ombre mobile de leurs ailes. "
Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser
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Un jour, en repassant mon rôle de la reine dans "Les
French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann
chained_bear commented on the word repassant
Apparently not strictly medieval, according to this definition.
c1828 BERRY Encycl. Her. I. Gloss., Re-passant, or Counter-Passant, that is, when two lions, or other animals, are borne going contrary ways, one of which is passant, by walking towards the dexter side of the shield, in the usual way, and the other re-passant by going towards the sinister.
February 5, 2007