Chevrons

1. Chevron

2. Chevron reversed

3. Chevron in chief

4. Chevron arched

5. Chevron embowed

6. Chevron betw. two flaunches

7. Chevron & pile counterchanged

8. Chevron paté at the point

9. Chevron potent ringed at the point

10. Chevron disjointed

11. Chevron removed

12. Chevron rompu

13. Chevron fracted

14. Chevron severed or eclaté

15. Chevron couped

16. Chevron disjointed and crossed

17. Demi-chevron

18. Chevrons couched dexter & sinister

19. Chevrons counterpointed

20. Chevron pierced with a bend

21. Chevron hacked & hewed

22. Chevron indented

23. Chevron embattled

24. Chevron embattled arrondie

25. Chevron embattled counter embattled

26. Chevron bretressed

27. Chevron engrailed

28. Chevron invected

29. Chevron potent

30. Chevron potent counter potent

31. Chevron dovetailed

32. Chevron nebuly (enté en ronde)

33. Chevron wavy

34. Chevron pierced with an arrow

35. Chevron fretted with a barrulet

36. Chevron pierced with a barrulet

37. Chevron palleted

38. Chevron voided of another engrailed

39. Chevron charged

40. Chevron flamant

41. Chevron urdy

42. Chevron urdy supercharged

43. Chevron fimbriated

44. Chevron voided or edged

45. Chevrons braced

46. Chevron in fret

47. Chevrons couched fretted & couped

48. Chevrons arched  couched & fretted

49. Chevron grady

50. Chevron griece

51. Chevron grady on both side

52. Chevron triparted

53. Bordure chevronny

54. Chevron supp. by a beam and standard

55. Chevron inarched

56. Chevron inarched

57. Chevrons arched couched

58. Chevron couched sinister

59. Chevrons coupled

60. Chevron cotised

   

61. Chevron decouplé

62. Chevron in point

   

 

1. Chevron.

2. Chevron reversed, that is, turned with its point towards the base.

3. Chevron in chief is placed higher upon the field towards the chief point

4. Chevron-arched, that is, bowed in the form of an arch

5. Chevron embowed

6. Chevron betw. two flaunches

7. Chevron and pile counterchanged

8. Chevron paté at the point, that is, with the three upper parts of a cross paté

9. Chevron potent ringed at the point. The illustration is blazoned a chevron potent at the point, sa ringed of the last.

10. Chevron disjointed, or disjoint at the top, but the latter is superfluous, as it cannot be disjointed at any other part.. The terms of 10-14 and 15 are often interchangeable.   

11. Chevron removed

12. Chevron rompu

13. Chevron  fracted, by some termed a broken chevron.

14. Chevron  fracted or burst, severed at the head or split on the top. 

15. Chevron couped or humetté, so called when the ends of the chevron do not touch the sides of the shield, but are cut off short. 

16. Chevron disjointed and crossed.

17. Demi-chevron, one-half the chevron, either dexter or sinister, as may be expressed.

18. Chevrons, two couched, dexter and sinister.

19. Chevrons, two contrepointé or counter-pointed. 

20. Chevron pierced with a bend

21. Chevron indented embowed or hacked and hewed.  

22. Chevron indented.

23. Chevron embattled, that is, having the upper part formed like battlements.

24. Chevron embattled arrondie.

25. Chevron embattled, counter-embattled.  

26. Chevron bretessed.  

27. Chevron engrailed.  

28. Chevron invected or invecked.  

29. Chevron potent.  

30. Chevron potent counter-potent.  

31. Chevron dovetailed.  

32. Chevron  nebuly (enté en rond) though the term counter-nebuly is used when the chevron is born nebuly on both edges..  

33. Chevron wavy or undé.  

34. Chevron pierced with an arrow.  

35. Chevron  fretted with a barrulet.  

36. Chevron pierced with a barrulet, debruised on the sinister side.  

37. Chevron palleted, or chevron  and pallet conjoined e.g. two chevrons and a pallet conjoined.

38. Chevron arg voided of another engrailed gu.  

39. Chevron charged or supercharged by another.

40. Chevron flamant.

41. Chevron urdy

42. Chevron urdy supercharged

43. Chevron fimbriated

44. Chevron voided or edged, which might be taken for chevronels, or couple-closes

45. Chevrons  braced, that is, when two or three chevrons are interlaced together.

46. Chevrons in fret.

47. Chevrons couched, fretted and couped

48. Chevrons, two arched, couched and fretted

49. Chevron grady, formed of degrees or ascents like steps.

50. Chevron griece.

51. Chevron grady on both sides.  

52. Chevron triparted, or treble parted.  

53. Bordure chevronny.

54. Chevron supported with a beam and standard.  

55. Chevron inarched, as borne in the coat of Archever in Scotland.

56. Chevron inarched, as borne in the arms of Holbeame. 

57. Chevrons, two arched and couched, springing from the dexter and sinister sides of the shield

58. Chevron couchant or couched, that is, springing from the dexter or sinister side of the shield, and pointing to the opposite fess point, as illustrated or, on a chevron couched sinister, betw. three birds sa. five mullets or. [The arms of Gwyn]

59. Chevron coupled, or paired, so termed when borne fessways, that is, side by side, resembling very much a fess dancetté, but differing in having only two dancets instead of three. 

60. Chevron between two couple-closes, or cotised.

61. Chevron decouplé. See Decouplé

62. Chevron in point. Chevrons may be borne what is termed in point embowed, by which the base of the field is left in the form of the point. This is in effect a chevron embowed but stretched to the chief point. By early authors, this bearing might be otherwise blazoned as two points dexter and sinister flanched and a point in point, or it might be called a chevron flanched. The Dutch generally form their chevrons after this manner.