trippant

[ trip-uhnt ]

adjective

, Heraldry.

1. (of a deer or the like) represented in the act of walking:

   a stag trippant.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trippant¹

1650–60; alteration of tripping; -ant

Example Sentences

Robinson (of Yorkshire): Vert, a cheveron between three roebucks trippant or.

From Project Gutenberg

"Argent, three stags trippant proper" would have a mantling gules and argent.

From Project Gutenberg