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
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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
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
Some are chevroned, others of lozenge pattern, or billeted, or twisted and spiral.
From Cathedral Cities of Italy by William Wiehe Collins
I knew something of heraldry and read aloud without hesitation the bearings upon the shield, prominent among which were three wolves' heads, chevroned, supported by two black wolves, rampant, the coronet and motto "Praeclare factum."
From The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV by C. M. (Charles Mark) Relyea
