a. Her. [a. OF. trippant, pres. pple. of tripper to TRIP.] TRIPPING ppl. a. 3.
1658. in Prestwich, Respublica (1785), 192. A bucke trippant Gules, attired Or.
c. 1828. Berry, Encycl. Her., I. Gloss., Trippant, or Tripping, a term used to express a buck, antelope, hart, hind, &c. when represented with the right foot lifted up, and the other three feet, as it were, upon the ground, as if trotting.
1898. Tit-Bits, 25 June, 512/2. Crest, a stag trippant; arms, a chevron between three roundles.
