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A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.
Meaning & usage
A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve. A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve. Anything V-shaped similarly to the classic chevron shape.
A group of birds in flight, when flying in a V formation, as in cranes, ducks, geese, gulls, pelicans and swans.
One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.
A wedge-shaped sediment deposit observed on coastlines and continental interiors around the world.
Synonym of arrowhead (“horse jump obstacle”).
Any of various symbols. 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 “””.
Any of various symbols. An angle bracket, either used as a typographic or a scientific symbol.
Any of various symbols. A háček, a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kápros Proto-Italic *kapros Latin caper Latin *capreus Vulgar Latin *capriō Old French chevronbor. Middle English cheveroun English chevron From Middle English cheveroun, from Old French chevron, the mark so called because it looks like rafters of a shallow roof, from Vulgar Latin *capriō, from Latin caper (“goat”), the likely connection between goats and rafters being the animal's horns.
To form or be formed into chevrons
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kápros Proto-Italic *kapros Latin caper Latin *capreus Vulgar Latin *capriō Old French chevronbor. Middle English cheveroun English chevron From Middle English cheveroun, from Old French chevron, the mark so called because it looks like rafters of a shallow roof, from Vulgar Latin *capriō, from Latin caper (“goat”), the likely connection between goats and rafters being the animal's horns.
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