Montantとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Italian montante. Doublet of mountant.

名詞

montant (plural montants)

1. (fencing, archaic) An upward cut with a blade.
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

     HOST: To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse; to see thee pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant.

語源 2

From 中期英語 mountant, from Old French montant.

名詞

montant (plural montants)

1. (carpentry) An upright piece in any framework, such as a muntin or stile.
2. (drinking) The first scent of a cognac.
   • 2004, Anthony Dias Blue, The Complete Book of Spirits‎, →ISBN, page 238:

     Instead, let the montant meet your nose just above the rim of the glass.

語源 3

From Old French montant.

形容詞

montant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Ascending toward the chief of the escutcheon.
   • 1873, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, page 178:

     […] as it is usually designated, the 'crescent montant,' has long been a symbol of the Turkish empire, which has thus […]

   • 2018 January 31, R. D. Blackmore, Delphi Complete Works of R. D. Blackmore (Illustrated), Delphi Classics, →ISBN:

     The eagle montant, to borrow a term from falconry, is understood to typify the mythical phœnix, and may be regarded as alluding to the vicissitudes of that illustrious and ever-resurgent family. […]

使用する際の注意点

In heraldic descriptions, the adjective is used postpositively.