guardant
/gahr-dnt/US // ˈgɑr dnt //UK // (ˈɡɑːdənt) //
侍卫,侍卫人员,侍卫长,侍卫官
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Heraldry.
- : depicted full-faced but with the body seen from the side: a lion guardant.
Examples
A Badge of a lion rampant guardant, with princely coronet, always impressed entirely in gold.
Edward III is the first monarch who introduced a crest (the lion statant-guardant) into his great seal.
Supporters: two lions rampant guardant argent, ducally gorged or.
A lion passant guardant or, is now never granted to any applicant except under a specific Royal Warrant to that effect.
The lions in the quartering for England in the Royal coat of arms are "three lions passant guardant in pale."
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