a. [ad. L. claudent-em, pr. pple. of claudĕre to shut, close.] Shutting, closing. Claudent Muscle: the orbicularis muscle.
1708. Kersey, Claudent, shutting or closing, as the Claudent-Muscles, i. e. certain Muscles that serve to shut the Eye-lids. So in Bailey, Johnson, and mod. Dicts.
