in trian aspect
English
The dice in the arms on the left are shown in trian aspect, while the dice in the arms on the right are shown face-on.
Etymology
Related to trine (“threefold”), Latin tria (trēs).
Pronunciation
Prepositional phrase
- (heraldry, rare) Positioned at such an angle as to show three-fourths of the figure: in between affronté (facing forward) and in profile. (When applied to creatures, chiefly found in modern rather than medieval heraldry.)
- 1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 24:
- In trian aspect means between passant and affronty. [...] Gules, on a mount vert a stork in trian aspect to the sinister […]
- 2016 February 17, John Harley, The World of William Byrd: Musicians, Merchants and Magnates, Routledge, →ISBN:
- 4 The Byrd arms show three gold stags' heads cut off at the neck ('erased') and turned to the viewer's left ('in trian aspect'), on a black ('sable') field. 'Sable' is confirmed by College […]
- 2020 April 20, Susan Morris, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019, eBook Partnership, →ISBN, page 4685:
- Supporters — Dexter, a sea-lion azure, mane and head in trian aspect argent, langued gules, crowned with a crown tridenty gold; sinister, a seahorse azure, head and neck argent and crowned also with a crown tridenty gold, […]