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[ shev-ruhn, shev-ron ]
noun
- a badge consisting of stripes meeting at an angle, worn on the sleeve by noncommissioned officers, police officers, etc., as an indication of rank, service, or the like.
- an ornament in this form, as on a molding.
- Also called chevron weave. herringbone ( def 2a ).
- Heraldry. an ordinary in the form of an inverted V .
chevron
/ ˈʃɛvrən /
noun
- military a badge or insignia consisting of one or more V-shaped stripes to indicate a noncommissioned rank or length of service
- heraldry an inverted V-shaped charge on a shield, one of the earliest ordinaries found in English arms
- usually plural a pattern of horizontal black and white V-shapes on a road sign indicating a sharp bend
- any V-shaped pattern or device
- Also calleddancette an ornamental moulding having a zigzag pattern
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Other Words From
- chev·roned adjective
- un·chev·roned adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chevron1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chevron1
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Example Sentences
Subject has military bearing, short haircut, brought a military uniform or wears the Cossack chevron insignia.
Neither Chevron nor Chesapeake provided information about their expense deductions.
Nothing is sure in this business, but in the Ukraine, Shell and Chevron appear to have doubled down.
There are cotises either side of the chevron which are white (Argent).
A Chevron Or means the gold chevron across the centre of the Shield.
These are very elaborately moulded, the outer sides being ornamented with chevron decoration.
The arches are almost flat, and decorated with a kind of chevron moulding very rarely met with.
The west doorway of the Priory Church, with its “chevron” tracery, is a glorious specimen of Norman architecture.
There is a beautiful Norman doorway in the nave of the church, ornamented with chevron mouldings in a lavish fashion.
They have no transverse processes or neural spines, nor indications of ribs, or chevron bones.
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