counter-compony, a. Her.
(ˌkaʊntəkəmˈpəʊnɪ)
Also -componé, -ee.
[a. F. contre-componé: see counter- 14.]
Composed of two conjoined rows of squares of alternate tinctures.
| 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry (1679) 19/1 Note that Counter⁓compony consisteth evermore of two Tracts only, and no more. 1730–6 Bailey (folio), Counter Componed, Counter Compone, Counter Compony. 1864 Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. xxxi. (ed. 3) 460 A fesse counter-componée or and sa. 1882 Cussans Her. iv. (ed. 3) 67 If there be two Tracks, it is then said to be Counter-Compony; if more than two, Chequé. |