CHEVRON

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 170
Three heraldic shields illustrating different types of chevrons. The first shield shows a single chevron pointing upwards. The second shield shows a chevronel, which is a half chevron pointing upwards. The third shield shows a per chevron, which is a chevron pointing downwards.
Chevron. Chevronel. Per Chevron.

CHEVRON, in Heraldry, an ordinary formed of two bands, joined together at the top, and descending to the extremities of the shield in the form of a pair of compasses. Chevronel, a diminutive—half the size—of the chevron.

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