Definition of "counterflory" [coun•ter•flo•ry]

• Decorated with fleurs-de-lis or other floral motifs arranged in pairs opposite each other: especially on opposite sides of a border on a shield or banner (adjective)

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• "Tressure, the fleurs de lys are so disposed that the heads and stalks of the flowers point alternately in contrary directions: this is blazoned as a “_Tressure flory counterflory_.”"
• "Each component half of this “double Tressure flory counterflory,” accordingly, has its own independent series of demi-fleurs de lys, the stalks and heads of the flowers alternating, and the one alternate series pointing externally, while the other points internally."
• "-- _Quarterly_, 1 _and_ 4, _gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or_ (ENGLAND); 2, _or, a lion rampant within a double tressure flory and counterflory gules_ (SCOTLAND); 3, _azure, a harp or, stringed argent_ (IRELAND)."