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reboundant, a. Her. Obs. (exc. Hist.).|rɪˈbaʊndənt|
[f. rebound v. + -ant1.]
= reverberant a. 1.
1688[see reverberant a. 1]. 1828W. Berry Encycl. Heraldica I., Reboundant, or Rebounding, a term sometimes used, in ancient heraldry, for the tail of a lion, when turned up like the letter S, the end of the tail being outwards, which was called reverberant, beaten back, or reboundant, as if the animal had beaten it to his back and it had rebounded; the usual way of turning the end of the tail, in ancient times, being inwards; but it is now seldom borne otherwise than outwards, and, therefore, not noticed in the blazon. 1878B. Burke General Armory p. xliv, Reboundant, an ancient term for the tail of a lion when turned up and bent in the form of a letter S with the point outwards, the ancient way of depicting the tail was usually with the point turned towards the back, unless blazoned reboundant. 1910W. A. Copinger Heraldry Simplified 368/1 Reboundant, or Rebounding, formerly applied to the tail of a lion when turned up like the letter S. |