CHEVRON

noun Etymology: Middle English cheveron, from Anglo-French, rafter, ~, from Vulgar Latin *caprion-, *caprio rafter; akin to Latin caper goat Date: 14th century a figure, pattern, or object having the shape of a V or an inverted V: as, a heraldic charge consisting of two diagonal stripes meeting at an angle usually with the point up, a sleeve badge that usually consists of one or more ~-shaped stripes that indicates the wearer's rank and service (as in the armed forces)