Affrontant

Affrontant

Affrontant, (fr. affronté): used when two animals face each other, e.g. of goats, stags, greyhounds; but the terms Confronting and Respecting each other, are more properly employed.

Sable, on a mount vert, two stags salient affrontant argent, attired or--JOHN FISHER, Bp. of Exeter, 1803; Bp. of Salisbury, 1807-25.

Gules, two greyhounds salient affrontant or--DOGGETS, Norfolk.