chevronel

English

Alternative forms

• cheveronel, chevronelle

Etymology

From chevron +‎ -el (diminutive suffix).

Noun

chevronel (plural chevronels)

1. (heraldry) A bearing like a chevron, but of only half its width.
   • 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183:

     CHEVRONEL, a diminutive of chevron, and as ſuch only containing half a chevron.

See also

• couple-close

References

• “chevronel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.