countervair, n. (a.) Her.
(ˌkaʊntəˈvɛə(r))
Also 8 contre-.
[counter- 14: cf. F. contrevair.]
A variety of vair (one of the ‘furs’), in which the bells or cups of the same tincture are placed base to base.
| 1766 Porny Heraldry iii. (1777) 27 Counter-Vair or Contre-Vair, is when Bells or Cups of the same Tincture are placed Base against Base and Point against Point. 1864 Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. iv. (ed. 3) 20. 1868 Cussans Her. iii. (1882) 54. |
So counterˈvairy a. (in 8 contre-vary).
| 1731 Bailey (vol. II, s.v. Vary), Contre-Vary. 1830 Robson Brit. Herald III. Gloss., Countervairy or verry is considered a fur. |