Definition of chevron Chevron

/ʃɛˈvɹʌn/ - [shevrun] - chev•ron

We found 15 definitions of chevron from 7 different sources.

What does chevron mean?

Noun Plural: chevrons
chevron - V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service; "they earned their stripes in Kuwait"
		stripe, stripes, grade insignia
		badge any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank); "wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability"
chevron - an inverted V-shaped charge

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chevron (Noun)
A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.
chevron (Noun)
A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
chevron (Noun)
One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.
chevron (Noun)
A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “ «” or “ »”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation mark s used in the English language such as “ “” and “ ””.
chevron (Verb)
To form or be formed into chevrons.

chevron (n.)
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.
chevron (n.)
A distinguishing mark, above the elbow, on the sleeve of a non-commissioned officer's coat.
chevron (n.)
A zigzag molding, or group of moldings, common in Norman architecture.

chevron
shev′ron, n. a rafter: (her.) the representation of two rafters of a house meeting at the top: the V-shaped band of worsted braid or gold lace worn on the sleeve of a non-commissioned officer's coat.—adjs. Chevrone′, Chev′roned. [Fr. chevron (Sp. cabrio), a rafter—L. capreolus, dim. of caper, a goat.]

chevron
The distinguishing mark on the sleeves of sergeants' and corporals' coats, the insignia of a non-commissioned officer. Also, a mark recently instituted as a testimony of good conduct in a private. Further, now worn by seamen getting good-service pay.

chevron
The arrow-headed stripes on the arm, by which the rank of a non-commissioned officer is indicated.
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In heraldry, is an ordinary representing the rafters of a house, and supposed to betoken the accomplishment of some memorable work, or the completion of some business of importance, generally the foundation of his own family by the bearer.