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Chevron vs Chevon - What's the difference?

chevron | chevon |

As nouns the difference between chevron and chevon

is that chevron is a V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve while chevon is the meat of a goat.

As a verb chevron

is to form or be formed into chevrons.

chevron

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve
  • (heraldiccharge) A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
  • (chiefly, British) One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.
  • * 2009 , Jamie Dunn, Truckie has a point , Sunshine Coast Daily Online, June 13, 2009.
  • 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.
  • A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “ ”.
  • (informal) A , a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex.
  • * 1953 , William James Entwistle, Aspects of Language (), page 107
  • It is pertinent to remember, however, that one of the greatest phoneticians, Jan Hus, used diacritics (in the form of points, which have later become chevrons in his own language), and that his alphabet is the most satisfactory for eastern Europe, since it has been officially adopted by the languages which use the Latin script.
  • * 1976 , Stephen J. Lieberman, The Sumerian Loanwords in Old-Babylonian Akkadian'' (''Harvard Semitic Studies'', issue 22; ''published by'' Scholars Press ''for ), page 66
  • The symbol ? (“r” with a chevron') is used for a phoneme which sounds like Czech ? (as in Dvo?ák), i.e. a voiced alveolar flap. The presence of the ' chevron has no effect on the index numbers used in transliteration; cf. 2.058.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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...
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    chevon

    English

    (Goat meat)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The meat of a goat.
  • * 1995 , C. Devendra, P. Gardiner (editors), Annex 3: The Phillippine small ruminant industry'', ''Global Agenda for Livestock Research , unnumbered page,
  • While goats are already established as a good source of meat (chevon ) and milk, sheep are relatively new requiring further attention in terms of promotion.
  • * 2006 , Mary Turner Stille, The Goat Care Handbook , 2nd Edition, unnumbered page,
  • Chevon' is the meat from the goat. '''Chevon''' is sold in finer restaurants as a delicacy for huge prices. It's been reported that ' chevon steaks can cost over $45 on the East Coast, yet many people refuse to taste is(sic) when it is served from our kitchen.
  • * 2011 , Kenneth V. Oster, The Complete Guide to Preserving Meat, Fish, and Game , page 181,
  • If you cook chevon using too high of a heat setting, the meat will lose its moisture and become tough.

    Synonyms

    * (meat of a goat) goatmeat

    Hyponyms

    * (meat of a goat) cabrito, kid