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climant

climant adjective: climbing; represented with its front legs raised.

climant: climbing; represented with its front legs raised
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Adjective

climant (not comparable)

  1. (postpositional) Climbing; represented with its front legs raised.
    • Sa. three goats, climant, ar. GARFORTH (Yorkshire).1842, John Burke, Bernard Burke, A General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland
    • The nearest to the quartered coat, "Vert, a goat passant arg.," that I find there is "Vert, a goat climant arg.," assigned by Papworth to Felbury, of Northumberland, and similarly blazoned and assigned by Sir Bernard Burke[…]1883, Notes and Queries, page 252

Examples of climant in a sentence

  • Gules, a goat climant argent, attired or — BARWELL.1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 287:
  • Obv. — A goat climant within a border of 12 cinquefoils interrupted by the type.1920, Numismatic Chronicle, and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society, page 240:

Forms of climant

alternative formclymant

Questions about climant

What does climant mean?
Climant means climbing; represented with its front legs raised.
How do you use climant in a sentence?
Gules, a goat climant argent, attired or — BARWELL.
What part of speech is climant?
Climant is an adjective.

Words near climant in the dictionary

  1. climactically
  2. climacturia
  3. climacus
  4. climagraph
  5. climagraphs
  6. climant
  7. climat
  8. climatal
  9. climatard
  10. climatards
  11. climatarian

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