Meaning & use
Compony
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In heraldry, divided into a single row of alternating square panels of different tinctures.
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The knight's shield featured a compony border of red and gold squares.
Heralds described the bend as compony, alternating silver and blue.
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A specialized heraldic term, also spelled 'compone'; a double row of such squares is called 'counter-compony.'
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