† ˌcounter-ˈtrevis, a. Her. Obs.
[counter- 14 b.]
Of a charge: Divided into two parts of different tinctures.
| 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. B v a, Countretreuis is calde in armys whan halfe the beest is of oon coloure and that other halfe of an other coloure. 1586 J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 204 Tofte beareth arg. a Lion rampant partee per fesse gewles and sable, which the auncients called countertreuis, that is countercullored or cullored of two cullors in trauers as one would say ouerthwart the middest. |