in general, is a design composed of several different figures, disposed with symmetry, to adorn a parterre, a ceiling, &c.

A compartment of tiles or bricks, is an arrangement of them, of different colours, and varnished, for the decoration of a building. Compartments in gardening, are an assemblage of beds, plots, borders, walks, &c., disposed in the most advantageous manner that the ground will admit of. Compartments in heraldry, are otherwise called partitions.