gobony

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English

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Bordure gobony
Pale gobony
Bend sinister gobony

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Etymology

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From gobbon (piece, portion, slice) +‎ -y, from Old French gobon, gobet (piece). Cognate with English gubbins (assorted stuff).

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Adjective

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gobony (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry, postpositive) Compony.
    Synonyms: gobonated, goboned
    • 1899, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families, T.C. & E.C. Jack, page 320:
      Argent, a lion rampant azure, debruised by a bend gobony ermine and gules.
    • 1945, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 99, New England Historic Genealogical Society, page 278:
      There is no difficulty whatever in drawing a gobony or a checky bordure.
    • 1949, Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, Volume 93, Society of Antiquaries of London, page 132:
      The coat of Steenhuse appears a second time, no. 638, but here it is in the usual form, Bendy of six or and azure with the ombre of a lion over all and a border gobony argent and gules. An odd feature is that the segments of the gobony borders are cut diagonally [] .

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