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chevronny

chevronny adjective: having chevrons, especially (heraldry) charged with chevrons.

chevronny: having chevrons, especially (heraldry) charged with chevrons
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Adjective

chevronny (not comparable)

  1. Having chevrons, especially (heraldry) charged with chevrons.
    • CHEVRONNE, or Chevronny, ſignifies the dividing of the ſhield ſeveral times chevron-wiſe.1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183
  2. Chevron-shaped, zigzag, especially (heraldry) chevronwise.

Forms of chevronny

alternative formchevrony
alternative formchevronné
alternative formchevroné

Origin of chevronny

From French chevronné (“chevroned”), equivalent to chevron + -y.

Questions about chevronny

What does chevronny mean?
Chevronny means having chevrons, especially (heraldry) charged with chevrons.
What part of speech is chevronny?
Chevronny is an adjective.

Words near chevronny in the dictionary

  1. chevronelles
  2. chevronelly
  3. chevronels
  4. chevroning
  5. chevronly
  6. chevronny
  7. chevronné
  8. chevrons
  9. chevronwise
  10. chevrony
  11. chevroné

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