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单词 counter-coloured
释义

counter-colouredcounter-coloredadj.

Etymology: counter- prefix 2m(d).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: counter-ˈcoloured.
Heraldry.
Having the opposite parts of different tinctures; counterchanged.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [adjective] > having tinctures reversed
transmuted1486
counterchangedc1500
counter-coloured1572
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 36v This chevron [reversed] may be borne frettie with an other, and the same counter~coloured.
1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 202 You sayd euen now that coates counter-cullored be good and auncient armorie.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Counter Counter-bendy, or Contre-bend, in Heraldry, is used by the French to express what we more ordinarily call Bendy of Six per Bend sinister counter-chang'd.

Derivatives

counterˈcolouring n.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [noun] > reversal of tinctures
counterchanging1586
countercolouring1586
transmutation1610
1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 203 Of the signification of counter colouring.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1572
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