Noun

1. a V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve
2. A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
3. V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles

   I told you that in fact they were called chevrons and it was an exercise by the transport department to teach us to stay two chevrons behind the car in front. — Jamie Dunn, Truckie has a point, Sunshine Coast Daily Online, June 13, 2009

Verb

1. to form or be formed into chevrons
   • 1963, Lucien Victor Gewiss, "Process and Devices for Chevroning Pliable Sheet Material," US Patent 3397261 http://www.google.com/patents?id=XflXAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA11-IA4, page 14:

   "...the sheet to be chevroned locks itself into the furrow."

   • 1983, Allen Sillitoe, The Lost Flying Boat, ISBN 0246122366, page 118:

   "Bull fixed the claw under a batten, strained like a sailor at the capstan, shirt off, arms chevroned by elaborate tattoos"

   • 2003, Felice Picano, A House on the Ocean, a House on the Bay, ISBN 1560234407, page 55:

   "Earlier, in glaring winter daylight, I'd first noticed thin lines chevroning off the edge of each eye into the taut skin of his cheeks..."