countersalient
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adjective
countersalient (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Leaping in opposite directions (as if past or away from each other); said of two figures on a coat of arms.
References
- “counter-salient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.