单词 | counter-coined |
释义 | counter-coinedadj. Heraldry. ? Obsolete. Said of a field: Consisting of gyrons of alternate tinctures, the ‘coins’ or apices of which meet in the centre of the shield. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [adjective] > having gyrons gyronny?a1400 counter-coined1586 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 212 Those blazonners..which would haue the Earle of March his coate to be countercoind, which cannot be. 1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) v. i. 367 Coats consisting of Gyronnes are of old Blazoners termed counter-coined [earlier ed. counter-joyned, counter-ioined], for that the Coines or corners of their contrary or different colours, doe all meete in the center of the Shield. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1586 |
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