countersalient

English

The arms of Watkin Williams-Wynn depicts two foxes counter-salient.

Alternative forms

• counter-salient

Etymology

From counter- +‎ salient.

Adjective

countersalient (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Leaping in opposite directions (as if past or away from each other); said of two figures on a coat of arms.

References

• “counter-salient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• neutral section