单词 | counterchanged |
释义 | counterchangedadj. a. Heraldry. Of a charge (on a field of two tinctures): Having the tinctures of the field reversed; transmuted. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [adjective] > having tinctures reversed transmuted1486 counterchangedc1500 counter-coloured1572 c1500 Sc. Poem Heraldry (Harl. 6149) 132 in F. J. Furnivall Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 98 The xij copy conter changit. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 29v Sable and Argente parted per Fesse Nebule, two Faucons volante, and a Greyhounde cursante, contre~changed of the fielde. 1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. ii. v. 58 The Arms of the Princes of Wales..bear, quarterly, gules and or, four Lions passant guardant counter-changed. 1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry ix. 42 Or, a Pile, gules, charged with three Estoiles, and between six others, all of them counterchanged. b. transferred. (In quot. 1648 = chequered). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > chequered pattern > [adjective] checkeryc1440 checkeda1475 chequered1486 counterchanged1648 tessellated1723 diced1725 dam-brod1779 blue-checked1790 quadrilled1835 quadrille1856 chessboard1889 windowpane-checked1917 the world > time > change > exchange > [adjective] > exchanged interchanged1567 alternate1589 countercambiate1632 counterchanged1861 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. Rv Those counter-changed Tabbies in the ayre, (The Sun once set) all of one colour are. 1861 J. M. Neale Notes on Dalmatia 128 A dress of red or green moreen..open in front, bound round the neck and arms with counter-changed green or red cloth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1500 |
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