ˌcounter-emˈbattled, ppl. a. Her.
[counter- 14.]
Said of an ordinary: Embattled on opposite sides.
| 1863 Boutell Man. Heraldry 77 Brettessée, counter⁓embattled, having Battlements facing both ways. 1882 Cussans Her. iv. (ed. 3) 64 When a Fess, Bend, or Chevron, is bounded on each side by the lines embattled, potent, or ragulé, it must be blazoned as Embattled-counter-embattled, or Potent-counter-potent, as the case may be. |