Componé

Inglese

or Goboné: said of an ordinary, composed of small squares of two tinctures alternately in one row. If there be two rows, it is called counter-compony; if three, chequy

E003 - Elements of heraldry, di William H. Whitmore - edito a New York nel 1866

is said of every ordinary, especially bordures, pales, bendes, crosses, and saltires, broken up by alternate squares of different colours and metals, forming a composite figure like a chess-board. When more than one row of squares occurs, the figure is described as chequy, not componé

E008 - Heraldry, english and foreign di William H. Whitmore - edito a New York nel 1896