Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In heraldry, same as counter-passant.
Wiktionary
- adj. heraldry counterpassant
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Her.) Counterpassant.
Etymologies
- Compare French repassant, present participle. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Enfin, voici une chanson française que répétaient en repassant les monts les soldats du Marquis de Saluces: --”
“Des chouettes voletant d’un tour à l’autre, passant et repassant entre la lune et moi, dessinaient sur mes rideaux l’ombre mobile de leurs ailes. ”
“Un jour, en repassant mon rôle de la reine dans "Les”
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Medieval heraldry...
or what I can remember of it.
gules, argent, or, azure, vert, fess, bend, sinister, chief, chevron, ermine, fleur-de-lys and 68 more...
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chained_bear Apparently not strictly medieval, according to this definition.
c1828 BERRY Encycl. Her. I. Gloss., Re-passant, or Counter-Passant, that is, when two lions, or other animals, are borne going contrary ways, one of which is passant, by walking towards the dexter side of the shield, in the usual way, and the other re-passant by going towards the sinister. Feb 4, 2007