chevron

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[edit] Noun

Singular
chevron

Plural
chevrons

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

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to chevron

Third person singular
chevrons

Simple past
chevroned

Past participle
chevroned

Present participle
chevroning

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."
    "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..."