"en arrière" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} en arrière
  1. (ballet) Toward the back. Categories (topical): Ballet
    Sense id: en-en_arrière-en-phrase-LtK0KLyt
  2. (heraldry, chiefly of an insect) With its back to the viewer. Categories (topical): Heraldry Synonyms: recursant, tergiant
    Sense id: en-en_arrière-en-phrase-JlGP~JNH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 56 19 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 67 15 11 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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          "ref": "1902, Joseph Foster, Some Feudal Coats of Arms and Others, page 225:",
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          "text": "The 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.",
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        "(heraldry, chiefly of an insect) With its back to the viewer."
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