a. Her. Obs. [a. OF. fretelé, occurring in the sense ‘bespattered (with mud),’ dim. of freté FRETTY; cf. the MDu. adapted vb. freteleeren to chequer.] = COUNTERFESSED.
1486. Bk. St. Albans, Her., B iij a. Fretly is calde in armys whan the cootarmure is countersesid.
1586. J. Ferne, The Blazon of Gentrie, 207. They called it sometimes Countersesyd, and commonly Frettely.
