Countervairy
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Divided into a countervair pattern of two or more tinctures. not-comparable, rare
"Bufkin. Arms.—Or, a chevron between three close helmets azure. [...] A shield [blank] impaling: Quarterly: 1, Per fess azure [and argent], a pale countercharged between three bucks' heads, two and one, erased [or]; [...] 3, Ermine, a fess counter vairy or and gules; [...] Another shield [blank] impaling: [...] 6, Counter vairy argent and azure, a canton gules."
Example
More examples"Bufkin. Arms.—Or, a chevron between three close helmets azure. [...] A shield [blank] impaling: Quarterly: 1, Per fess azure [and argent], a pale countercharged between three bucks' heads, two and one, erased [or]; [...] 3, Ermine, a fess counter vairy or and gules; [...] Another shield [blank] impaling: [...] 6, Counter vairy argent and azure, a canton gules."
Etymology
From counter- + vairy.
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