a part thereof, as a bordure, is checquered ordivided into checquers or squares. CcEUR (in heraldry), signifies a short lineof partition, in pale, in the centre of theescutcheon, which extends but a little way. … much short of top and bottom, being met byother lines which form an irregular partition ofthe escutcheon. CoMPONE or CoMPONED (in heraldry), a bordure compone is that formed or composed of a
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