guardant

American  

[gahr-dnt] / ˈgɑr dnt /

Or gardant

adjective

Heraldry.

1. (of an animal) depicted full-faced but with the body seen from the side.

   a lion guardant.

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guardant British  

/ ˈɡɑːdənt /

adjective

1. (usually postpositive) heraldry (of a beast) shown full face

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Etymology

Origin of guardant

1565–75; < French gardant, present participle of garder. See guard, -ant

Example Sentences

Three lions passant guardant, with a label of three points—Edward, Prince of Wales.

From The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See by Clutton-Brock, A. (Arthur)

Azure, two lions passant guardant in pale or.—17.

From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton

The Scottish crest is an imperial crown, surmounted by a lion sejant guardant, displaying two sceptres or.

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

In the centre is the Crown over two winged lions passant guardant, each holding a book and seven arrows.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.

In pretence over these Arms he bears an Inescutcheon of the Arms of Wales, viz. quarterly or and gu., four lions passant guardant counter-changed, the Inescutcheon surmounted by the Coronet of the Heir-Apparent.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.