Chevron

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A zigzag molding, or group of moldings, common in Norman architecture.

II. Chevron ·noun A distinguishing mark, above the elbow, on the sleeve of a non-commissioned officer's coat.

III. Chevron ·noun One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two broad bands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the dexter and sinister bases of the field and conjoined at its center.

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