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单词 counter-chevroned
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counter-chevronedcounter-chevronyadj.

Etymology: counter- prefix 2m(d); compare French contrechevronné (contrecheveronné, 14th cent. in Godefroy).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: counter-ˈchevroned.
Heraldry.
Of a shield: Chevrony and divided pale-wise, the half chevrons being of alternate tinctures.
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chevrony1724
counter-chevroned1728
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Cheveron A Coat is said to be Cheveroned, when it is fill'd with an equal Number of Cheverons, of Colour and Metal. Countercheveron'd, is when it is so divided, as that Colour is oppos'd to Metal, and vice versa.
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Counter Chevroned, a shield Chevronny, or parted by some line of partition.
1830 T. Robson Brit. Herald III Counter-cheveronny.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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