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[[image:Yale1.JPG|thumb|right|A [[Yale]] Rampant]]

In [[heraldry]], the posture of an animal rearing up, as if fighting. A winged animal in the same posture is called [[segreant]], while two rampant animals facing each other are blazoned [[combattant]]. Rampant is traditionally used in reference to predators such as lions, but in the SCA many animals have been registered with that posture.
In [[heraldry]], the posture of an animal rearing up, as if fighting. A winged animal in the same posture is called [[segreant]], while two rampant animals facing each other are blazoned [[combattant]]. Rampant is traditionally used in reference to predators such as lions, but in the SCA many animals have been registered with that posture.


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Revision as of 17:31, 13 July 2005

A Yale Rampant

In heraldry, the posture of an animal rearing up, as if fighting. A winged animal in the same posture is called segreant, while two rampant animals facing each other are blazoned combattant. Rampant is traditionally used in reference to predators such as lions, but in the SCA many animals have been registered with that posture.