Meanings
- governmentWith its back to the viewer.
Argent, a Bend between six Bees en Arrière Sable : BEESTON.
1790, Anthony Wood, The history and antiquities of the colleges and halls in the university of Oxford, page 2562 more examples
[…] a chevron between two boars ' heads erased in chief and a bee volant en arrière in base all counterchanged.
1902, Joseph Foster, Some Feudal Coats of Arms and Others, page 225The arms of Bassano (really of foreign origin and not an English coat) are : “ Per chevron vert and argent, in chief three silkworm flies palewise en arrière, and in base a mulberry branch all counterchanged.
1925, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, page 261
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseToward the back.
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