chevron
Syllables: chev·ron/ˈʃɛvɹən/US/ˈʃɛvɹɑn/
chevron noun: a wide inverted V placed on a shield.
Noun
chevron (plural chevrons)
- A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
- Anything V-shaped similarly to the classic chevron shape.
- Jejeune's canoe sent a chevron of silver ripples scurrying across the mirror-calm surface as it carved its path through the dark water.2019, Steve Burrows, A Dance of Cranes: A Birder Murder Mystery, Oneworld Publications
- A group of birds in flight, when flying in a V formation, as in cranes, ducks, geese, gulls, pelicans and swans.
- As I stood in amaze-ment, chevron after chevron after chevron of these massive birds crisscrossed the sky, practically blocking out the sun and creating an unparalleled cacophony of sight and sound.2013, Budd Titlow, Bird Brains, Globe Pequot, page 29
- And then we observed what caused us to rub our eyes wonderingly-a chevron of geese gliding directly for the tip of the point.1928 October, Kendrick Kimball, “Injun Summer Calms”, in Field and Stream, CBS Publications, page 82
- Synonyms:
- wedge
- One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.
- I told you that in fact they were called chevrons and it was an exercise by the transport department to teach us to stay two chevrons behind the car in front.2009, Jamie Dunn, Truckie has a point, Sunshine Coast Daily Online, June 13, 2009.
- A wedge-shaped sediment deposit observed on coastlines and continental interiors around the world.
- Synonym of arrowhead (“horse jump obstacle”).
- Synonyms:
- arrowhead
- A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “«” or “»”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as ““” and “””.
- An angle bracket, either used as a typographic or a scientific symbol.
- A háček, a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex.
- It is pertinent to remember, however, that one of the greatest phoneticians, Jan Hus, used diacritics (in the form of points, which have later become chevrons in his own language), and that his alphabet is the most satisfactory for eastern Europe, since it has been officially adopted by the...1953, William James Entwistle, Aspects of Language, Faber and Faber, page 107
- The symbol ř (“r” with a chevron) is used for a phoneme which sounds like Czech ř (as in Dvořák), i.e. a voiced alveolar flap. The presence of the chevron has no effect on the index numbers used in transliteration; cf. 2.058.1976, Stephen J. Lieberman, The Sumerian Loanwords in Old-Babylonian Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies, issue 22; published by Scholars Press for Harvard Semitic Museum), page 66
Verb
chevron (third-person singular simple present chevrons, present participle chevroning, simple past and past participle chevroned)
- To form or be formed into chevrons
- ...the sheet to be chevroned locks itself into the furrow.1963, Lucien Victor Gewiss, "Process and Devices for Chevroning Pliable Sheet Material," US Patent 3397261 http://www.google.com/patents?id=XflXAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA11-IA4, page 14
- ... as a thick finger with a gob of very slippery jelly or cream comes sliding down the crack now towards his asshole, chevroning the hairs along like topo lines up a river valley...1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
chevron meaning in Tamil
chevron in Tamil
- காவல்துறை, படைத்துறை, இராணுவம் முதலியவற்றில் பதவி, பதக்கம், முத்திரை
Examples of chevron in a sentence
- That was the first chevron of geese to pass this way.2007, Robert Fripp, Power of a Woman, Rosetta Solutions, page 169:
- A chevron of seagulls passes overhead, wings perfectly still.2015, Phil Cousineau, The Book of Roads: Travel Stories from Michigan to Marrakech, Viva Editions:
- Bull fixed the claw under a batten, strained like a sailor at the capstan, shirt off, arms chevroned by elaborate tattoos.1983, Allen Sillitoe, The Lost Flying Boat, →ISBN, page 118:
- Earlier, in glaring winter daylight, i'd first noticed thin lines chevroning off the edge of each eye into the taut skin of his cheeks...2003, Felice Picano, A House on the Ocean, a House on the Bay, →ISBN, page 55:
Synonyms of chevron
Forms of chevron
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | chevrons |
| alternative form (dated) | cheveron |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | chevrons |
| present participle | chevroning |
| past participle | chevroned |
| past | chevroned |
Origin of chevron
From Middle English cheveroun, from Old French chevron, the mark so called because it looks like rafters of a shallow roof, from Vulgar Latin *capriō, from Latin caper (“goat”), the likely connection between goats and rafters being the animal's horns.
Words formed from chevron
Phrases with chevron
Questions about chevron
- What does chevron mean?
- Chevron means a wide inverted V placed on a shield.
- What is chevron in Tamil?
- Chevron in Tamil is காவல்துறை, படைத்துறை, இராணுவம் முதலியவற்றில் பதவி. See Chevron meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use chevron in a sentence?
- That was the first chevron of geese to pass this way.
- What part of speech is chevron?
- Chevron can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce chevron?
- Chevron is pronounced /ˈʃɛvɹən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chevron?
- The plural of chevron is chevrons.
Words near chevron in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chevron (page history and authors); chevron (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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