addorsed

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English

Two lions addorsed.
An eagle with its wings addorsed.

Etymology

From Latin ad + dorsum, "back": compare French adossé.

Adjective

addorsed (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry, of animals or wings) Set back to back, facing away from each other.
    Antonym: affronté
    • 2012 February 3, James Fairbairn, Fairbairn’s Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, Andrews UK Limited, →ISBN, page 165:
      EDGHILL, a falcon, wings addorsed and inverted, supporting with dexter a carved shield, charged with a cinquefoil, […]

Translations

Verb

addorsed

  1. simple past and past participle of addorse

References

  • The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at
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