ppl. a. Her. [COUNTER- 14.] Said of an ordinary: Embattled on opposite sides.
1863. Boutell, Man. Heraldry, 77. Brettessée, counter-embattled, having Battlements facing both ways.
1882. Cussans, Her., iv. (ed. 3), 64. When a Fess, Bend, or Chevron, is bounded on each side by the lines embattled, potent, or ragulé, it must be blazoned as Embattled-counter-embattled, or Potent-counter-potent, as the case may be.
