chevron - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • engrail: The original Bradford shield featured a red and blue per pale field bearing an engrailed gold chevron between three hunting horns.
  • wear: Members of any of the civilian services entitled to wear chevrons for their war service were eligible for this medal.
  • paint: Areas of white diagonal stripes or chevrons painted on the road.
  • have: Front line combatants had a white chevron on the left sleeve just below the shoulder.

Adjective modifier

  • lateral: Descriptions would be of the form: fifth order, curved section, six rows of lateral chevron alternating roll, hollow.
  • white: Front line combatants had a white chevron on the left sleeve just below the shoulder.
  • red: Those who had served abroad before 31 December 1914 also wore a red chevron.
  • black: Distinctive black chevrons on the upper part of the abdomen give rise to part of it's common name.
  • brown: They are cryptically colored, being brown with darker brown chevrons down the back.
  • double: Click the double chevron to add all the fields in your table to the form.

Modifies a noun

  • gules: Another Coat: Arms: Argent, a chevron Gules between three billets Sable.
  • sable: The arms of Bishop John Trelawny 1688 - 1707 Argent, a chevron sable.
  • osteotomy: You don't usually need a plaster after a distal chevron osteotomy.
  • argent: The fifth shield is that of Sir Thomas de Berkeley in the early 14th century, Gules semé of roses and a chevron Argent.
  • ornament: The most interesting feature is perhaps the south door with its unusual double chevron ornament.
  • pattern: The new carpet reflects the chevron pattern which appeared throughout the original building.

Preposition: between

  • fitchee: Davenport of Davenport Arms: Argent, a chevron between three cross-crosslets fitchee Sable.
  • garb: Hatton of Shrewsbury Arms: Quarterly - 1 Azure, a chevron between three garbs Or.
  • bull: Arms: Bulkley of Prestland - Sable, a chevron between three bulls ' heads cabossed Argent, a mullet.
  • sword: And it all adds together to produce: Argent, on a chevron between three swords erect Gules, three quills erect Argent.

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