counterflowered

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ flowered.

Adjective

counterflowered (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Synonym of counterflory.
    • 1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 480:
      The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […] .
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