a. Her. Also 7–8 -saliant, 8 -sailiant. [COUNTER- 14.] Said of two animals borne as charges: Salient in opposite directions.
1610. Guillim, Heraldry, III. xvi. 147. Two Reynards, Countersaliant in Bend.
1766. Porny, Heraldry, v. 165. Two Foxes countersailant.
1882. Cussans, Her., vi. 90. Counter-salient: Two Animals leaping—one in Bend, the other in Bend-sinister.
