† ˈfretly, a. Her. Obs.
[a. OF. fretelé, occurring in the sense ‘bespattered (with mud)’, dim. of freté fretty; cf. the MDu. adapted vb. freteleeren to chequer.]
= counterfessed.
| 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. B iij a, Fretly is calde in armys whan the cootarmure is counterfesid. 1586 J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 207 They called it sometimes Countersesyd, and commonly Frettely. |