chevronny

English

Chevronny or and gules.

Alternative forms

chevrony, chevronné, chevroné

Etymology

From French chevronné (“chevroned”), equivalent to chevron +‎ -y.

Adjective

chevronny (not comparable)

Having chevrons, especially (heraldry) charged with chevrons.
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183:
  CHEVRONNE, or Chevronny, ſignifies the dividing of the ſhield ſeveral times chevron-wiſe.
Chevron-shaped, zigzag, especially (heraldry) chevronwise.

Translations

heraldry: charged with chevrons

French: chevronné (fr)
Spanish: chevronado

References

“chevrony, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2018.

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