chevronny
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French chevronné (“chevroned”), equivalent to chevron + -y.
Adjective
chevronny (not comparable)
- Having chevrons, especially (heraldry) charged with chevrons.
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183:
- CHEVRONNE, or Chevronny, ſignifies the dividing of the ſhield ſeveral times chevron-wiſe.
- Chevron-shaped, zigzag, especially (heraldry) chevronwise.
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References
- “chevrony, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.