Counterflory

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In heraldry, charged with flowers, such as fleurs-de-lis, which are divided and separated by the whole width of the bearing so charged. Thus, in the illustration the tressure is counter-flory, having half of each fleur-de-lis within and half without.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Adorned with flowers (usually fleurs-de-lis) so divided that the tops appear on one side and the bottoms on the others; -- said of any ordinary.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. decorated with fleurs-de-lis or other floral motifs arranged in pairs opposite each other: especially on opposite sides of a border on a shield or banner
  • Word Usage
    "Tressure, the fleurs de lys are so disposed that the heads and stalks of the flowers point alternately in contrary directions: this is blazoned as a “_Tressure flory counterflory_.”"