chevesailet, chevesalt

[ME. chevesaile, = + Gules a Chevron ac or upper garment, which when opened exposed companied by three a roof, leaning against each other at the bosom, It is described as richly adorned. Rom. of the Rose. chevestre, chevêtre (she-ves'tėr, shė-vā'tr), n. [OF. chevestre, F. chevétre, a bandage, The chevet ... is an apse, always enclosed by an open screen of columns on the ground-floor, and opening into an aisle, which again always opens into three or more apsidal chapels. J. Fergu on , Hist. Arch., I. 475. 2. A small block or coin sometimes used for giving the proper elevation to a mortar in firing. chevet a int, n. A Middle English form of chief tain. Dickens. The impa able mud below bristled with chevaux de frise of the dwarf palmetto. G. W. Cable , Old Creole Days, p. 180. chevet, v. See chievel . chevelé (shev-e-lā'), a. [F., chevelure (shev'e-lür), n. [F., head of hair, OF. cheveleure = It. capellatura,