a. Her. [a. OF. componné, also couponné, coponné, copené in same sense. Variously referred to L. conpōnĕre, and OF. copon, coupon piece, portion, splinter.] Composed of a row of squares of two alternate tinctures; called also gobonated.
1572. 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.
