trippant

adjective

1. Represented as walking or trotting, usually with one of the forehooves lifted while the remaining three are on the ground.

   [Borne by the late 1737.] Richard Davies, Esq. of Kent, 1833.] Davison, gu. a stag, trippant, or.

Where it comes from

From trip + -ant, alteration of tripping, present participle of trip. Compare Scots trippand (“tripping”), present participle of trip (“to skip, go nimbly, trip”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry trippant (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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