Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Counter-salient /(koun`tẽr-sā"lĭ*ent [or] -sāl"yent; 106)/ · Coun·ter-sa·li·ent · IPA 01 a. Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coat of arms. 1. Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coat of arms.(Her.)