gobony
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English
Bordure gobony
Pale gobony
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Bend sinister gobony
Alternative forms
Etymology
From gobbon (“piece, portion, slice”) + -y, from Old French gobon, gobet (“piece”). Cognate with English gubbins (“assorted stuff”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
gobony (not comparable)
- (heraldry, postpositive) Compony.
- 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 .
