gardant
Britishadjective
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Queen Elizabeth had used as supporters, dexter, a lion rampant gardant, crowned; and sinister, a dragon rampant, both or.
From Notes and Queries, Number 44, August 31, 1850 by Various
The modern armorist will shame the uninstructed warrior with “Gules three lions passant gardant in pale or.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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
Palée of six argent and azure on a fess gules, between three lions of England pass. gardant or.
From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess
The above-named two Jersey silver tokens read respectively:— O. states of Jersey, 18 13 = The arms of Jersey—viz., gules, three lions passant gardant or.
From The Coinages of the Channel Islands by Lowsley, B.
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