copartiment, copartment
obs. variants of compartment n., esp. in senses pertaining to Heraldry, Art, Architecture, and Gardening.
| 1590 R. W. Three Lords & Ladies Lond. i. in Hazl. Dodsley VI. 461 Their shields impress'd with gilt copartiments. 1623 Webster Devil's Law Case i. ii, As black copartiments [orig. ed. copartaments] show gold more bright. 1639 Cade Serm. for these Times Ded. 1 The cloisters..beautified with comely copartments and inscriptions of wise counsels. 1793 Hodges Trav. India 121 Mosaics of different coloured marbles, inlaid in copartments. 1814 Scott Wav. lxiii, In one copartment of this oldfashioned garden. |