| 单词 | chevron in chief |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschevron in chief 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. < as lemmas |
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