chevronny
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French chevronné (“chevroned”), equivalent to chevron + -y.
Adjective
[edit]chevronny (not comparable)
- Having chevrons, especially (heraldry) charged with chevrons.
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183:
- CHEVRONNE, or Chevronny, ſignifies the dividing of the ſhield ſeveral times chevron-wiſe.
- Chevron-shaped, zigzag, especially (heraldry) chevronwise.
Translations
[edit]heraldry: charged with chevrons
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References
[edit]- “chevrony, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2018.