aversant

English

The cap badge of the Ukrainian 101st Brigade for the Protection of the General Staff features a gauntlet aversant.

Etymology

From Latin āversantem, from āversāns.

Adjective

aversant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Turned to show the back: said of a hand (or gauntlet).
   • 1902, Joseph Foster, Some Feudal Coats of Arms and Others, page 204:

     [...] bore, sable three sinister gauntlets aversant [...]

   • 1979, W. E. Hampton, Memorials of the Wars of the Roses: A Biographical Guide:

     Gules, a fess azure between 4 hands (mains) sinister aversant or.

Synonyms

• dorsed, averse

Antonyms

• appaumé

Anagrams

• Tavernas, Tsarnaev, tavernas, tsarevna