ˈcounter-ˌermine Her.
[counter- 14: cf. F. contre-hermine.]
The reverse of ermine; = ermines.
| 1727–51 Chambers Cycl., Counter-ermine. See the article Ermines. [s.v. Ermines..The French..have no such term; but call this black powdered with white, contre-ermine; as denoting the counter, or reverse of ermine.] |