- a variation of guardant.
gardant
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Or, on a fesse, gu., between three pellets, a lion passant gardant of the field.
From Men of Invention and Industry by Samuel Smiles
The warrior having overcome his enemies in the field, yet retaining his military command for the safety and honour of his country, was typified by the lion statant gardant.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
Pontefract Cakes, impressed with the arms—three lions passant gardant, surmounted with a helmet, full-forward, open faced, and garde-visure.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 531, January 28, 1832 by Various
Hence the three lions passant gardant in pale, borne ever since as the ensigns of England.
From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Andrew Macgeorge
But the great beast went sideways, gardant, only that its head was low, three noiseless instantaneous strides it made, and stood again watching him.
From The Research Magnificent by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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