trippant

[ trip-uhnt ]

adjectiveHeraldry.

(of a deer or the like) represented in the act of walking: a stag trippant.

Origin of trippant

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1650–60; alteration of tripping; see -ant

Words Nearby trippant

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How to use trippant in a sentence

Robinson (of Yorkshire): Vert, a cheveron between three roebucks trippant or.
Notes and Queries, Number 228, March 11, 1854 | Various
"Argent, three stags trippant proper" would have a mantling gules and argent.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry | Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

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