chevron

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

[edit] Noun

chevron (plural chevrons)

1. a V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve
2. (heraldry) A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
3. (chiefly British) V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles

   I told you that in fact they were called chevrons and it was an exercise by the transport department to teach us to stay two chevrons behind the car in front. — Jamie Dunn, Truckie has a point, Sunshine Coast Daily Online, June 13, 2009

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

1. to form or be formed into chevrons
   • 1963, Lucien Victor Gewiss, "Process and Devices for Chevroning Pliable Sheet Material," US Patent 3397261 [1], page 14:

   "...the sheet to be chevroned locks itself into the furrow."

   • 1983, Allen Sillitoe, The Lost Flying Boat, ISBN 0246122366, page 118:

   "Bull fixed the claw under a batten, strained like a sailor at the capstan, shirt off, arms chevroned by elaborate tattoos"

   • 2003, Felice Picano, A House on the Ocean, a House on the Bay, ISBN 1560234407, page 55:

   "Earlier, in glaring winter daylight, I'd first noticed thin lines chevroning off the edge of each eye into the taut skin of his cheeks..."