Compartment (heraldry) Compartment (heraldry) In heraldry, a compartment is a design placed under the shield, usually rocks, a grassy mount ("mount vert"), or some sort of other landscape upon which the supporters are depicted as standing. Care must be taken to distinguish true compartments from items upon which supporters are merely resting one or more feet, or, sometimes, mere heraldic badges or pure decoration under the shield, and, conversely, care must also be taken in very unusual cases such as the coat of arms of Belize, in which what may be taken to be a crest, the mahogany tree rising above the
Stain (heraldry) darker than Gules, the regular red, from approximately the same extent as murrey to purpure, and brunâtre from tenné. It can also be used for the depiction of animals said "écorché" ('scorched') in French heraldry, although this is very rarely used among the already rare occurrences of blazons depicting bleeding animals, on which the regular Gules is used instead. Tenné (deriving mid-16th century from an obsolete French variant of Old French "tané") (sometimes termed "tawny") is an orange-tawny colour, though "orange" is considered distinct in continental European and African heraldic traditions. Called "tanné" in modern and actual French heraldry, it