In heraldry, positioned back-to-back or with backs joined together, describing how two animals or figures are arranged on a coat of arms.
From Middle French 'adossé,' from 'ad-' (to) + Old French 'dos' (back), from Latin 'dorsum' (back). It's a heraldic term describing arrangement.
Heraldry used 'adorsed' to describe back-to-back positioning, and this medieval vocabulary reveals how specific professions developed their own precise terminology—heraldic language is like the technical jargon of coat-of-arms design.
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