COUNTER-PALY
Coun"ter-pa`ly (-p`l), a. Etym: [F. contre-palé.] (Her.)
Defn: Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged. Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be blazoned paly of six per fess counterchanged argent and azure.
COUNTERPANE Coun"ter*pane` (koun"tr-pn`), n. Etym: [See Counterpoint, corrupted into counterpane, from the employment of pane-shaped figures in these coverlets. ]
Defn: A coverlet for a bed, — originally stitched or woven in
squares or figures.
On which a tissue counterpane was cast. Drayton.
COUNTERPANE
Coun"ter*pane`, n. Etym: [OF. contrepan a pledge, security; contre +
pan a skirt, also, a pawn or gage, F. pan a skirt. See Pane, and cf.
Pawn.] (O. Law)
Defn: A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; — now called counterpart. Read, scribe; give me the counterpane. B. Jonson.
COUNTERPART
Coun"ter*part` (koun"tr-prt`), n.
1. A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile. In same things the laws of Normandy agreed with the laws of England, so that they seem to be, as it were, copies or counterparts one of another. Sir M. Hale.
2. (Law)
Defn: One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate.