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per chevron

per chevron adverb: (Partitioned) along the bent line(s) of a chevron, (especially) into two areas (formally party per chevron).

Adverb

per chevron (not comparable)

  1. (Partitioned) along the bent line(s) of a chevron, (especially) into two areas (formally party per chevron).
    • per chevron gules and argent; tierced per chevron; an escutcheon tierced per pale and per chevron

Questions about per chevron

What does per chevron mean?
Per chevron means (Partitioned) along the bent line(s) of a chevron, (especially) into two areas (formally party per chevron).
What part of speech is per chevron?
Per chevron is an adverb.

Words near per chevron in the dictionary

  1. per bend sinister
  2. per capita
  3. per cent
  4. per cent.
  5. per centum
  6. per chevron
  7. per chief
  8. per contra
  9. per curiam
  10. per diem
  11. per diems

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