comˈponé, compony, a. Her.
[a. OF. componné, also couponné, coponné, copené in same sense. Variously referred to L. compōnĕre, and OF. copon, coupon piece, portion, splinter.]
Composed of a row of squares of two alternate tinctures; called also gobonated.
| 1572 J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 35 With a Batune componie d'Argent and Gules. 1661 Morgan Sph. Gentry i. i. 7 Those fields that are bordered about..having only two tracks of checkeres, are called Compone. 1766 Porny Her. Gloss., Compony, a Word applied to a Bordure, Pale, Bend, or other ordinary, made up of squares of alternate metals and Colors. 1864 Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. xv. §21 (ed. 3) 215 A bordure componée or and az. |