addorsed

English

Two lions addorsed.

An eagle with its wings addorsed.

Etymology

From Latin ad dorsum (“to the 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]