Rām'p'ant, a.
a. [From rampant, p. pr. of ramper, to creep, to be servile or mean; A-S. rempend, headlong, rash.]
Sense 1. Springing or climbing unchecked; leaping; ramping; overgrowing the usual bounds; rank in growth; exuberant.
The rampant stalk is of unusual altitude. I. Taylor.
Sense 2. Overleaping restraint.
The lion rampant shakes his brinded mane. Milton.
Sense 3. (Her.) Standing upright on his hind legs, as if attacking a person; — said of an animal. It differs from salient, which indicates the posture of springing, or making a sally.
Rampant arch, an arch whose abutments or springings are not on the same level. Gwilt. — Rampant gardant (Her.), standing upright on the hinder legs, with the face turned to the front. — Rampant regardant, standing upright and looking backward.
