chevronwise
English
Alternative forms
chevronways
Etymology
From
chevron
+
-wise
.
Adverb
chevronwise
(
comparative
more
chevronwise
,
superlative
most
chevronwise
)
(
heraldry
)
Synonym of
chevrony
:
chevron
-like
, in the
manner
of a
chevron
.
1771
,
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed.
, volume II, page
183
:
CHEVRONNE
, or Chevronny,
ſignifies
the dividing of the
ſhield
ſeveral
times
chevron-wiſe
.