chevron Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
    grade insignia; stripe; stripes.
    • they earned their stripes in Kuwait
  2. noun an inverted V-shaped charge

WordNet

Chev"ron noun
Etymology
F., rafter, chevron, from chévre goat, OF. chevre, fr. L. capra she-goat. See Cheveril.
Definitions
  1. (Her.) One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two broad bands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the dexter and sinister bases of the field and conjoined at its center.
  2. (Mil.) A distinguishing mark, above the elow, on the sleeve of a noncommisioned officer's coat.
  3. (Arch.) A zigzag molding, or group of moldings, common in Norman architecture.

Webster 1913