regardant

• Устаревший геральдический термин, используемый для описания животного, изображённого оглядывающимся назад через плечо.

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.

   Оглядывающийся назад

   • 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.

   Antonymsforward-lookingprospective