Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In heraldry, a bearing like the chevron, but of only half its width; a half-chevron. See
cheveronny .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Her.) A bearing like a chevron, but of only half its width.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun heraldry A
bearing like achevron , but of only half itswidth .
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Examples
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Earls by charging _silver fleurs de lys_ on each chevronel, as in No. 367 (E. 2); and, for secondary difference, they sometimes added a
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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Many a red chevron or chevronel, with other devices, charged upon a golden field, or a gold chevron on a red field, is a sign of feudal alliance with the great house of DE CLARE, whose Shield was -- _Or, three chevronels gu.
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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