climant

English

A goat climant.

Alternative forms

• clymant

Adjective

climant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry, of a goat, postpositive) Climbing; represented with its front legs raised.

   Coordinate terms: rampant, salient

   • 1842, John Burke, Bernard Burke, A General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland:

     Sa. three goats, climant, ar. GARFORTH (Yorkshire).

   • 1883, Notes and Queries, page 252:

     The nearest to the quartered coat, "Vert, a goat passant arg.," that I find there is "Vert, a goat climant arg.," assigned by Papworth to Felbury, of Northumberland, and similarly blazoned and assigned by Sir Bernard Burke […]

   • 1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 287:

     Gules, a goat climant argent, attired or — BARWELL. Gules, a goat salient argent, armed or — BENSTED. Argent, a goat rampant sable, the head and part of the neck of the first armed vert — DE BUCKTON.

   • 1920, Numismatic Chronicle, and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society, page 240:

     Obv. — A goat climant within a border of 12 cinquefoils interrupted by the type. Rev. — A device of doubtful interpretation intersected by two crosses in saltire and surmounted by a third.

Further reading

• 2009 June 1, Charles Norton Elvin, Elvin, Dictionary of Heraldry, Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN, page 31:

  Climant. A goat in the same position as rampant, is said to be climbing or climant.