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compony

American  
[kuhm-poh-nee] / kəmˈpoʊ ni /
French componé

adjective

Heraldry.

  1. composed of a single row of squares, metal and color alternating; gobony.

compony British  
/ kəmˈpəʊneɪ, kəmˈpəʊnɪ /

adjective

  1. (usually postpositive) heraldry made up of alternating metal and colour, colour and fur, or fur and metal

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Etymology

Origin of compony

1565–75; < Middle French compone, nasalized variant of copone, equivalent to copon coupon + -e -ee

Example Sentences

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Argent, an inescutcheon azure, border compony, or and gules.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

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