† counter-ˈbendy, a. Obs. Her.
[counter- 14, after F. contre-bandé.]
Bendy, with the bends formed of two halves of different tinctures counterchanged.
| 1727–51 Chambers Cycl., Counter-bendy, or Contre-bandé, in heraldry, is used by the French to express what we ordinarily call bendy of six per bend sinister counter⁓changed. |