Citations:tergiant

English citations of tergiant

• 2009 06, Charles Norton Elvin, A Dictionary of Heraldry, Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN:

  [...] also termed a spread eagle 7 — displayed wings inverted 8 — demi displayed with two heads, or demi spread eagle 9 — displayed, sans legs 10 — wings surgeant-tergiant 11 — mantling 12 — preying, or trussing 13 — wings endorsed and […]

• 1858, Ellen J. Millington, Heraldry in History, Poetry, and Romance, page 405:

  TERGIANT. Having the back turned towards the spectator.

• 1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 289:

  SHRIMP. The usual position of this fish may be described as displayed tergiant barwise, the head to the dexter […]

• 2011, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage:

  Crest[:] A kestrel wings surgeant-tergiant proper.

• 2020 April 20, Susan Morris, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019, eBook Partnership, →ISBN, page 2028:

  Supporters — On either side a swan, wings surgeant tergiant argent, guttée de poix, each standing upon a garb fessewise or.