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counter-embattled

counter-embattled is the alternative form of counterembattled.

Meaning of counterembattled

Adjective

counterembattled (not comparable)

  1. Having a lower edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like battlements.
    • Az., on a fesse, embattled, counterembattled, arg., between three cocks' heads, erased, of the last, beaked, combed, and wattled, gu., two roses, also gu.1860, Bernard Burke, A Selection of Arms Authorized by the Laws of Heraldry, page 34

Questions about counter-embattled

What is counter-embattled the alternative form of?
Counter-embattled is the alternative form of counterembattled.

Words near counter-embattled in the dictionary

  1. counter-demonstration
  2. counter-demonstrations
  3. counter-earth
  4. counter-economics
  5. counter-electrophoresis
  6. counter-embattled
  7. counter-embowed
  8. Counter-Enlightenment
  9. Counter-Enlightenments
  10. counter-entropic
  11. counter-ermine

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