counter-scallopedadj.
/kaʊntəˈskaləpt/ Heraldry.
(See quot. 1830.)
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1830 T. Robson Brit. Herald III. Counter-scallopée, or -scalloped, covered with escallop-shells, laid like the scales of fish..each row being so placed that every escallop may overlay part of two, or appear to come from the two above it.
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adj.1830