regardant

• Veralteter heraldisches Fachwort, das ein Tier beschreibt, das über die Schulter zurückblickt.

An obsolete heraldic term used to describe an animal depicted looking backward over its shoulder.

1. Looking backwardC2formalbritish

   Describing a person or animal that is looking behind or over the shoulder.

   Zurückblickend

   • The knight was depicted as regardant, glancing back at his pursuers.
   • In the painting, the horse is regardant, with its head turned.
   • The heraldic lion is often shown regardant in medieval coats of arms.

   Antonymeforward-lookingprospective