a. Her. Obs. [COUNTER- 14 b.] Of a charge: Divided into two parts of different tinctures.
1486. Bk. St. Albans, Her., B v a. Countretreuis is calde in armys whan halfe the beest is of oon coloure and that other halfe of an other coloure.
1586. Ferne, Blaz. Gentrie, 204. Tofte beareth arg. a Lion rampant partee per fesse gewles and sable, which the auncients called countertreuis, that is countercullored or cullored of two cullors in trauers as one would say ouerthwart the middest.
