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counter-embattled
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 emb...
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counter-battled
† ˌcounter-ˈbattled, ppl. a. Obs. Her. In 6 contrebatiled. = counter-embattled.1572 J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 122 Hee beareth azure, two barres embatiled, contrebatiled d'Ermine.
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Webbery, Alverdiscott
Pole (d.1635) gives them as: Argent, a fess embattled counter-embattled sable between three caterfoils gules, yet many 19th century sources give them as
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Line (heraldry)
If both edges are to be embattled, the term embattled-counter-embattled (or counter-embattled, as in the arms of Sir Cecil Denniston Burney) is used.
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counter-
ˈcounter- prefix:—ME. and AF. countre-, a. F. contre- (= Pr. It. contra-):—L. contrā adv. and prefix (see contra-) against, in return. The form in which the Lat. prefix has come down through Fr. into Eng. Used in words actually adopted from earlier F., as counterbalance, counterchange, counterfeit, ...
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Graaff-Reinet
The arms were now: Argent, two bars embattled counter-embattled Gules, on a canton Sable an anchor erect Or (i.e. the bars were changed from black to red
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Clan Carruthers
(Holmains-Chief's Cousins)
Blazon:Quarterly 1 and 4, Gules two chevrons engrailed between three fleur-de-lis Or (Carruthers); 2 and 3 Sable, a fess counter-embattled
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