Counter-paly

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Counter-paly \Coun"ter-pa`ly\ (-p?`l?), a. [F. contre-pal['e].]
     (Her.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]