Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COUN'TER-PAL-ED
COUN'TER-PAL-ED, a. [counter and pale.]
In heraldry, is when the escutcheon is divided into twelve pales parted perfesse, the two colors being counterchanged; so that the upper and lower are of different colors. – Encyc.
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