counter-paly
English
editEtymology
editFrench contre-palé, equivalent to counter- + paly.
Adjective
editcounter-paly (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colours used alternately or counterchanged.
Alternative forms
editReferences
edit- “counter-paly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.