chevronny

English

Chevronny or and gules.

Alternative forms

• chevrony, chevronné, chevroné

Etymology

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

Adjective

chevronny (not comparable)

1. 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.

2. 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.