chevron
noun
a badge consisting of stripes meeting at an angle, worn on the sleeve by noncommissioned officers, police officers, etc., as an indication of rank, service, or the like.
chevroned
-
a word derived from
chevron.
Example Sentences
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She might slip a salmon fillet atop chevroned layers of lemon slices or onto a well-soaked cedar plank.
From Washington Post ● May 17, 2022
His writer's eye picks out the "chevroned metal floor" of a merry-go-round, and a man with a ponytail "as thick as a pony's tail."
From Time Magazine Archive
The serpent is very neatly engraved and belongs to the chevroned variety.
From Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 by William Henry Holmes
In less than half a minute Stanley has darted into McKay's room; has slung his chevroned coat under the bed; has slipped beneath the sheet and coverlet, and now, breathlessly, he listens.
From Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier by Charles King
“Holla!” he hails a trooper with chevroned sleeves, in authority over the others.
From The Lone Ranche by Mayne Reid
