Chevron

(shèv'rün.) [ Fr., a rafter.] (Mil.) The marks of distinctive rank, worn on the sleeves of the coats of non-commi ioned officers; thus, a corporal carries two; a sergeant, three; a sergeant-major, three with an arc attached.-(Her.) An honorable ordinary, representing two rafters of a house joined together, or meeting at the top. A small C. is termed a chevron el. Per chevron, or party per chevron, is a division of the field by two single lines, rising from the two base points, and meeting in apo int above, in the same way as the chevron.-(Arch.) A zigzag moulding, generally attaching to the Norman style; it is, also, sometimes used with the pointed arch. WAN [s. 174]