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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TRIPPANT

TRIPPANT Trip "pant, a. (Her. )

Defn: See Tripping, a., 2.

New American Oxford Dictionary

trippant

trip pant |ˈtripənt ˈtrɪpənt | ▶adjective [ usu. postpositive ] Heraldry (of a stag or deer ) represented as walking. Compare with passant. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Old French, literally ‘walking or springing lightly, ’ present participle of tripper .

Oxford Dictionary

trippant

trippant |ˈtrɪp (ə )nt | ▶adjective [ usu. postpositive ] Heraldry (of a stag or deer ) represented as walking. Compare with passant. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Old French, literally ‘walking or springing lightly ’, present participle of tripper .