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  1. Noun.  A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.
  2. Noun.  (heraldry) A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
  3. Noun.  (chiefly, British) V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.
  4. Noun.  A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “'''«'''” or “'''»'''”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as “'''“'''” and “'''”'''”.
  5. Noun.  (informal) = (l, en) .
  6. Verb.  To form or be formed into chevrons.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.