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Definition of Rousant
1. a. Rising; -- applied to a bird in the attitude of rising; also, sometmes, to a bird in profile with wings addorsed.
Definition of Rousant
1. Adjective. (heraldry) rising; applied to a bird in the attitude of rising, or in profile with wings addorsed ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rousant
1. rising as a bird [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rousant
Literary usage of Rousant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries by John Woodward (1896)
"7), cf. rousant. ROMPU—Fracted or broken (v. Plate XIV.). ROSE—In modern cadency is
... rousant—Said of swans with wings endorsed and preparing for flight. ..."
2. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"ED. II. Rouke: old fr. for Chess-rook. Rounded, (fr. arrondie), eg of a .Mirror.
rousant. See riling under Wingi. Rouvre, (fr.): a knotted oak. Rowan tree. ..."
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