counterchanged

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ changed

Adjective

counterchanged (not comparable)

  1. exchanged
  2. (heraldry) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually.
    If the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for counterchanged in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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