CHEVRON

chevron

(noun) an inverted V-shaped charge

chevron, stripe, stripes, grade insignia

(noun) V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service; “they earned their stripes in Kuwait”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

chevron (plural chevrons)

A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve

(heraldiccharge) A wide inverted V placed on a shield.

(chiefly, British) One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.

A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “«” or “»”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as ““” and “””.

An angle bracket, either used as a typographic or a scientific symbol.

(informal) A háček, a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex.

Synonyms

• (computing): wicket

• (Typographic and mathematical symbols): angle bracket

Verb

chevron (third-person singular simple present chevrons, present participle chevroning, simple past and past participle chevroned)

To form or be formed into chevrons

Source: Wiktionary

Chev"ron, n. Etym: [F., rafter, chevron, from chévre goat, OF. chevre, fr. L. capra she-goat. See Cheveril.]

1. (Her.)

Definition: One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two broad bands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the dexter and sinister bases of the field and conjoined at its center.

2. (Mil.)

Definition: A distinguishing mark, above the elow, on the sleeve of a noncommisioned officer's coat.

3. (Arch.)

Definition: A zigzag molding, or group of moldings, common in Norman architecture. Chevron bones (Anat.), The V-shaped subvertebral arches which inclose the caudal blood vessels in some animals.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition