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English
Adjective
clymant (not comparable)
- Alternative form of climant
1794, Philip Parsons, The Monuments and Painted Glass of Upwards of One Hundred Churches, Chiefly in the Eastern Part of Kent, , Canterbury: Simmons, Kirkby, and Jones; , page 387:8 “charged with a bend Argent, bearing 3 goats clymant.
1901, Howel Wills, Florentine Heraldry: A Supplement to the Guide-books, page 128:Bellincioni : Gules, a goat clymant argent. Benci : Or, two lions combatant azure, in base, a mountain of three tops of the second.
1978, Christopher J. Brunner, Sasanian Stamp Seals in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 93:Somewhat further removed is a stucco plaque with two goats clymant by a grapevine (Erdmann, no. 38).
Further reading
1858, Ellen J. Millington, Heraldry in History, Poetry, and Romance, London : Chapman and Hall, page 381:CLYMANT. Salient; applied to the goat.
1866, Hugh Clark, An Introduction to Heraldry ... Eighteenth edition. Revised and corrected by J. R. Planché, page 108:CLYMANT, a term sometimes used to describe a goat when reared on its hind legs : see SALIENT.
1893, John Edwin Cussans, Handbook of Heraldry: With Instructions for Tracing Pedigrees and Deciphering Ancient Mss., Rules for the Appointment of Liveries, &c, page 90:CLYMANT : A term applied to Goats when in a rampant position.