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- French · derived fromcontre-palé
- English todaycounter-paly
French contre-palé, equivalent to counter- + paly.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
counter-paly
Today it means: Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colours used alternately or counterchanged. Full definition →
French contre-palé