Embattled Counter-embattled, Counter-embattled
French: Bretessé contre-bretessé
A bend embattled counter-embattled.
A term indicating that the fess, chevron and similar ordinary is borne embattled or in the form of battlements on the upper and under side, but so placed that the merlons on one side opposes the crenelles on the other. Compare with bretessed so placed that the merlons and crenelles correspond on either side.
Note. The chief and bordure cannot be counter-embattled, although most of the other ordinaries may.
