Meaning of counterly | Babel Free

Definitions

In a way that is counter to something else, for example in colour (being divided, as a field, bordure, etc, into different colours), or placement (facing different directions, or crossed).

not-comparable, rare

Examples

“3 He beareth Azure a Bordure counter-componed: Or, and Guiles; which is as much to say⟳, as Compounded of these two Colours counterly placed. Note⟳ that Countercompony consisteth euermore of two tracts onely and no more.”

“N. 23. Gules, a cherub, having three pair of wings, whereof the uppermost and lowermost are counterly crossed, and the middlemost displayed or, name⟳, Buocafoco.”

CEFR level