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surmounting
- (araldica) attributo araldico che si applica a figure:
- che caricano altre figure di smalto diverso e che si estendono, almeno in parte, al di fuori del contorno di queste (attraversante)
- poste più in alto di altre figure che possono toccare (cimante) oppure no (sormontante); questa seconda accezione è un uso improprio