counter-ˈflowered, ppl. a. Her.
= prec.
| ? a 1700 Montgomeries in Evans O.B. (1784) I. ix. 48 In heralds books your ensigns flower'd, And counter-flower'd. 1708 J. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. i. ii. ii. (1743) 53 Within a double Tressure, counter-flowered Lys. 1727–51 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Contre-bend. 1830 Robson Brit. Herald III. Gloss., Counter-flowered or -flurty, same as counter-fleury or -flory, and sometimes called -floretty. |
Also counter-ˈflowery.
| 1787 in Porny Her. Gloss. |