addorsed

English

Two lions addorsed.

An eagle with its wings addorsed.

Etymology

From Latin ad + dorsum, "back": compare French adossé.

Adjective

addorsed (not comparable)

1. (heraldry, of animals or wings) Set back to back, facing away from each other.

   Antonym: affronté

   • 2012 February 3, James Fairbairn, Fairbairn’s Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, Andrews UK Limited, →ISBN, page 165:

     EDGHILL, a falcon, wings addorsed and inverted, supporting with dexter a carved shield, charged with a cinquefoil, […]

Translations

set back to back

• Finnish: selin (fi)
• French: adossés (fr)
• Swedish: frånvänd

Verb

addorsed

1. simple past and past participle of addorse

References

• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]