gobonated, ppl. a. Her.
(ˈgɒbəʊneɪtɪd)
[f. med.L. *gobonāt-us (f. gobon gobbon) + -ed.]
= gobony.
| 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. E iij b, Ther is an other bordure that is calde a bordure gobonatit..for hit is made of ij. coluris quadratli ioynyt, y{supt} is to say of blacke & white. 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry i. v. (1611) 21 Sometimes you shall finde Bordures gobonated of two colours..and such a bearing is so termed, because it is divided in such sort, as if it were cut into small Gobbets. 1661 Morgan Sph. Gentry i. i. 7 So that while the four Elements were blended (as it were) it was checkered, and while they were divided from each other, they were Gobonated. 1718 Nisbet Ess. Armories iii. 40 Within a Border Gobonated Argent and Gules. 1722–42 ― Her. II. 26 The Border Gobonated or Componee is now a Mark of Bastardy in Britain, by our late Practices. 1860 Handbk. Ludlow (1865) 77 Gobonated pearl and sapphire within a garter. |