counterpassant
adjEtymology From counter- + passant.
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Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics Passant in opposite directions; said of two animals, or of one animal in relation to another animal on the same shield.
- Arg. a bend engr. betw. in chief a lion pass., and in base a lion counterpassant gu.1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 202:
- Related terms
- counter-couchant