rousant, a. Her.
(ˈraʊzənt)
[f. rouse v.1 + -ant1.]
(See quot. 1780.)
| 1688 Holme Armoury ii. xix. 479/1 A Falcon rowsant to the Sinister, is the Crest of Falckenstein of Bavaria. 1780 Edmondson Compl. Body Her. II, Rousant, a term given by some Heralds to a bird rising, as if preparing to take wing. 1868 Cussans Heraldry (1893) 95 Rising, or Rousant... This term is usually employed in blazoning Swans. |