chevronn.¹

/ˈʃɛvrən/

Forms: Middle English cheffrounce, 1500s chevorn, cheveroune, 1600s cheverne, cheavern, Middle English– cheveron, 1500s– chevron.

Etymology: < French chevron rafter, chevron, circumflex accent (in Picard caveron, Provençal cabrion, Spanish cabrio, rafter, chevron) < Latin type *capriōn-em < caper goat: Spanish has also cabriol in same sense < Latin capreolus, diminutive of caper goat, of which the plural capreoli was applied to two pieces of wood inclined like rafters.

a. A beam, or rafter; esp. in plural the rafters or couples of the roof, which meet at an angle at the ridge.There is but little evidence of the actual use of this in English.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > roof-beam > rafter > principal

couple1364

principal1445

lever1481

coupling1577

chevron1580

blade1855

c1300 Battle Abbey Custumals (1887) 29 Quatuor cheveruns et omnia pertinentia in parietibus.

1331 Literæ Cantuar. (Rolls) I. 368 Xij. cheverones et ij postes de quercu.]

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vn Chevron, a Chevron, a rafter in the house that beareth vp the roofe.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chevron, a kid; a Chevron (of timber in building); a rafter or sparre.

1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Cheverons.

1692 Coles's Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Chevrons, the strong rafters meeting at the house top.

1851 T. H. Turner Some Acct. Domest. Archit. I. i. 17 Its timber gable, and seven couples, or cheverons, of the roof.

b. (See quot. 1762).

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1762 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 240 Fish yards, cheverons, or other obstructions to navigation in the river.

2. Heraldry. A charge or device on the escutcheon, consisting of a bar bent like two meeting rafters, thus, ∧. chevron couped: one which does not touch the sides of the escutcheon; chevron in chief: one which rises to the top of the field; chevron rompee: one with the upper part displaced, as if broken off.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > charge of simplest or commonest kind > chevron

chevron1395

pinion1486

spar1486

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > charge of simplest or commonest kind > chevron > specific

chevron rompee1395

chevronel1572

couple-close1572

1395 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 4 A keuerlet of red sendel ypouthered with Cheuerons.

1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. B v b The secunde pynyon is called cheffrounce, that is, a couple of sparis.

1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. v. 133 This cheueron in Blazon is called Rompe or rather Rompu.

1675 London Gaz. No. 1041/4 Stolen out of the Buttery and Butlers Chamber at New-Colledge in Oxford..one large Silver Pot..and about eleven small ones, all markt with the Colledge Arms, viz. two Cheaverns between three Roses.

1872 J. Ruskin Eagle's Nest §235 The Chevron, a band bent at an angle (properly a right angle)..represents the gable or roof of a house.

3. The same shape used in decorative art, etc.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > geometric

checkingc1440

checkc1450

chequer-work1519

pane?a1549

diaper-work1602

chevron1605

diapery1631

fret1664

tooth-work1681

polygram1696

chequer1779

reticulum1797

Grecque1832

checkery1837

gammadion1848

diaper1851

key pattern1853

diapering1866

Greek fret1872

rangoli1884

geometric1894

Greek key1897

step pattern1908

Mondrian1964

1605 B. Jonson Blacknesse in Qveene's Masqves (1616) i. 894 The top thereof was stuck with a cheu'ron of lights.

1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 208 The wings and tail are black..the latter with a chevron of white.

1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times iv. 112 Incised patterns in which the chevron or herring-bone constantly recurs.

a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) II. 816 These chamfers..enriched with chevrons of slight depth.

4. esp. A distinguishing mark or badge on the sleeve of non-commissioned officers, policemen, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > chevron or stripe

chevron1813

stripe1827

service stripe1861

hash mark1907

tape1943

rocker1944

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > police insignia

star1830

chevron1868

shield1903

potsy1932

tin1949

1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) X. 363 I am ignorant to what purpose..5000 serjeants' chevrons..are to be applied.

1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 149 The Non-commissioned Officers..are to wear Chevrons on each Arm.

1868 Times 3 Mar. Constables O'Brien and Mackay, who assisted in the arrest, received chevrons.

1884 Sir F. S. Roberts in 19th Cent. June 1072 No reason why the chevron should not still be given..to mark certain periods of average good conduct.

Compounds

C1. Generalattributive.

chevron-cloth n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > patterned > chevron or zig-zag

vandyking1819

herringbone1860

chevron-cloth1884

1884 Cassell's Family Mag. Mar. 246/1 Chevron cloth owes its name to the herring-bone weaving.

chevron-form n.

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1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. iv. 78 The Plow-man..Throwes vp the fruitfull earth in ridged hils, Betweene whose Cheuron forme he leaues a balke.

chevron-pattern adj.

chevron-shaped adj.

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1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 87 Chevron-shaped coloured bands.

C2.

chevron-bone n. the V-shaped bone branching from the vertebral column of some animals.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > wedge-shaped bone on vertebral column

chevron-bone1835

intercentrum1878

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 569/1 The chevron bones of the anterior portion of the tail.

chevron-moulding n. an ornamental moulding of a zigzag pattern.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > other mouldings

bowtell1376

crownwork1594

protypum1601

chaplet1623

bandeleta1645

bedding-moulding1664

quadra1664

surbase1678

platband1696

bed-moulding1703

eyebrow1703

square1703

gorge1706

nerve1728

heel1734

quirk-moulding1776

star1781

bead1799

rope moulding1813

zigzag1814

chevron-moulding1815

nebule1823

billet1835

dancette1838

pellet moulding1838

vignette moulding1842

bird's beak moulding1845

beak-head ornament1848

beak-head1849

billet moulding1851

beading1858

bead-work1881

Venetian dentil1892

chevron-work-

1815 T. Rickman in J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 138 The zigzag or chevron moulding, which is generally used in great profusion.

chevron-wise adv. (chevron-ways) in the manner of a chevron.

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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adverb] > diagonally > in the manner of chevrons

chevron-wise1610

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [adverb] > in the manner of a chevron

chevron-wise1863

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vi. 58 Two lines erected Cheuronwaies.

1863 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 2) xvii. 215 Out of a crest-coronet, a plume of five ostrich feathers,..banded with a line set chevron-wise.

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chevron-work n. = chevron-moulding n.

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单词	chevron
释义	chevronn.¹ /ˈʃɛvrən/ Forms: Middle English cheffrounce, 1500s chevorn, cheveroune, 1600s cheverne, cheavern, Middle English– cheveron, 1500s– chevron. Etymology: < French chevron rafter, chevron, circumflex accent (in Picard caveron, Provençal cabrion, Spanish cabrio, rafter, chevron) < Latin type capriōn-em < caper* goat: Spanish has also cabriol in same sense < Latin capreolus, diminutive of caper goat, of which the plural capreoli was applied to two pieces of wood inclined like rafters. 1. a. A beam, or rafter; esp. in plural the rafters or couples of the roof, which meet at an angle at the ridge.There is but little evidence of the actual use of this in English. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > roof-beam > rafter > principal couple1364 principal1445 lever1481 coupling1577 chevron1580 blade1855 c1300 Battle Abbey Custumals (1887) 29 Quatuor cheveruns et omnia pertinentia in parietibus. 1331 Literæ Cantuar. (Rolls) I. 368 Xij. cheverones et ij postes de quercu.] 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vn Chevron, a Chevron, a rafter in the house that beareth vp the roofe. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chevron, a kid; a Chevron (of timber in building); a rafter or sparre. 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Cheverons. 1692 Coles's Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Chevrons, the strong rafters meeting at the house top. 1851 T. H. Turner Some Acct. Domest. Archit. I. i. 17 Its timber gable, and seven couples, or cheverons, of the roof. b. (See quot. 1762). ΚΠ 1762 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 240 Fish yards, cheverons, or other obstructions to navigation in the river. 2. Heraldry. A charge or device on the escutcheon, consisting of a bar bent like two meeting rafters, thus, ∧. chevron couped: one which does not touch the sides of the escutcheon; chevron in chief: one which rises to the top of the field; chevron rompee: one with the upper part displaced, as if broken off. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > charge of simplest or commonest kind > chevron chevron1395 pinion1486 spar1486 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > charge of simplest or commonest kind > chevron > specific chevron rompee1395 chevronel1572 couple-close1572 1395 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 4 A keuerlet of red sendel ypouthered with Cheuerons. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. B v b The secunde pynyon is called cheffrounce, that is, a couple of sparis. 1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. v. 133 This cheueron in Blazon is called Rompe or rather Rompu. 1675 London Gaz. No. 1041/4 Stolen out of the Buttery and Butlers Chamber at New-Colledge in Oxford..one large Silver Pot..and about eleven small ones, all markt with the Colledge Arms, viz. two Cheaverns between three Roses. 1872 J. Ruskin Eagle's Nest §235 The Chevron, a band bent at an angle (properly a right angle)..represents the gable or roof of a house. 3. The same shape used in decorative art, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > geometric checkingc1440 checkc1450 chequer-work1519 pane?a1549 diaper-work1602 chevron1605 diapery1631 fret1664 tooth-work1681 polygram1696 chequer1779 reticulum1797 Grecque1832 checkery1837 gammadion1848 diaper1851 key pattern1853 diapering1866 Greek fret1872 rangoli1884 geometric1894 Greek key1897 step pattern1908 Mondrian1964 1605 B. Jonson Blacknesse in Qveene's Masqves (1616) i. 894 The top thereof was stuck with a cheu'ron of lights. 1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 208 The wings and tail are black..the latter with a chevron of white. 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times iv. 112 Incised patterns in which the chevron or herring-bone constantly recurs. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) II. 816 These chamfers..enriched with chevrons of slight depth. 4. esp. A distinguishing mark or badge on the sleeve of non-commissioned officers, policemen, etc. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > chevron or stripe chevron1813 stripe1827 service stripe1861 hash mark1907 tape1943 rocker1944 society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > police insignia star1830 chevron1868 shield1903 potsy1932 tin1949 1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) X. 363 I am ignorant to what purpose..5000 serjeants' chevrons..are to be applied. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 149 The Non-commissioned Officers..are to wear Chevrons on each Arm. 1868 Times 3 Mar. Constables O'Brien and Mackay, who assisted in the arrest, received chevrons. 1884 Sir F. S. Roberts in 19th Cent. June 1072 No reason why the chevron should not still be given..to mark certain periods of average good conduct. Compounds C1. Generalattributive. chevron-cloth n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > patterned > chevron or zig-zag vandyking1819 herringbone1860 chevron-cloth1884 1884 Cassell's Family Mag. Mar. 246/1 Chevron cloth owes its name to the herring-bone weaving. chevron-form n. ΚΠ 1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. iv. 78 The Plow-man..Throwes vp the fruitfull earth in ridged hils, Betweene whose Cheuron forme he leaues a balke. chevron-pattern adj. chevron-shaped adj. ΚΠ 1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 87 Chevron-shaped coloured bands. C2. chevron-bone n. the V-shaped bone branching from the vertebral column of some animals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > wedge-shaped bone on vertebral column chevron-bone1835 intercentrum1878 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 569/1 The chevron bones of the anterior portion of the tail. chevron-moulding n. an ornamental moulding of a zigzag pattern. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > other mouldings bowtell1376 crownwork1594 protypum1601 chaplet1623 bandeleta1645 bedding-moulding1664 quadra1664 surbase1678 platband1696 bed-moulding1703 eyebrow1703 square1703 gorge1706 nerve1728 heel1734 quirk-moulding1776 star1781 bead1799 rope moulding1813 zigzag1814 chevron-moulding1815 nebule1823 billet1835 dancette1838 pellet moulding1838 vignette moulding1842 bird's beak moulding1845 beak-head ornament1848 beak-head1849 billet moulding1851 beading1858 bead-work1881 Venetian dentil1892 chevron-work- 1815 T. Rickman in J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 138 The zigzag or chevron moulding, which is generally used in great profusion. chevron-wise adv. (chevron-ways) in the manner of a chevron. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adverb] > diagonally > in the manner of chevrons chevron-wise1610 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [adverb] > in the manner of a chevron chevron-wise1863 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vi. 58 Two lines erected Cheuronwaies. 1863 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 2) xvii. 215 Out of a crest-coronet, a plume of five ostrich feathers,..banded with a line set chevron-wise. Thesaurus » Categories » chevron-work n. = chevron-moulding n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † chevronn.² Forms: Also cheveron. Etymology: apparently an error for cheverel n.¹ (but Cotgrave has ‘chevron kid’): cheveron in Old French was a stuff containing goat's hair. Sir W. Scott, in his use of the word, probably merely followed quot. a1670. Obsolete. ‘A glove’ (Jamieson); apparently meant for: kid glove. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > types of > made of specific material > gloves buckskin1481 shiverines1598 chevrona1670 kid1682 Limerick glove1782 gant de suede1832 kid glove1832 Limerick1834 owl-catchers1879 Swedish glove1885 a1670 J. Scott Staggering State Sc. Statesmen (1754) 50 Sir Gideon by chance letting his chevron fall to the ground, the king, altho' being both stiff and old, stooped down and gave him his glove. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 196 A black pair o' cheverons! 1826 W. Scott Woodstock III. vii. 200 I wish he hath not come to some mischief—for this is not dirt on the cheveron, but blood. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth v, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 116 I..am sorry for that poor lover who will never wear left-handed chevron again. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). chevronv. Etymology: < chevron n.¹, or < French chevronner, to adorn or charge with chevrons.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchevron. rare. transitive. To fit with chevrons or things arranged chevronwise; to make with a chevron pattern. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline [verb (transitive)] > place diagonally > make with or as chevrons chevron1543 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > pattern [verb (transitive)] > geometric diaperc1400 chevron1543 diaprize1626 chequer1633 dice1694 check1798 herringbone1887 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. iii. f. 93/2 You must sewe of cloutes incoled or cheuerned, and laye them vpon y^e wounde. 1606 B. Jonson Hymenaei 600 Whose nether partes, with their Bases, were of Watchet Cloth of Silver, chev'rond all ouer with Lace. 1853 J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. II. v. 227, (transl. Lib. Roll. 35 Hen. III) And cover the chamber..with shingle and chevron it [L. keveronari facias]. 1946 R. Campbell Talking Bronco 45 And Boreas opens out his throttle Down speedways chevroned by the storks. Derivatives ˈchevroned adj. ΚΠ 1941 E. Blunden Thomas Hardy iii. 49 The chevroned doorway of a village church tower. 1960 Guardian 22 July 8/5 White satin appears chevronned with brown velvet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹1395n.²a1670v.1543
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chevronn.1

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