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chevronel

American  
[shev-ruh-nel] / ˌʃɛv rəˈnɛl /

noun

Heraldry.
  1. a narrow chevron, one-half the usual breadth or less.


Etymology

Origin of chevronel

1565–75; chevron + -el diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

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The diminutives of the chevron, according to English Heraldry, are the chevronel, which is half the breadth of the chevron.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

And the couple-close, which is half the chevronel.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

One of the diminutives of the chevron, half the size of the chevronel.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous