chevronwise

English

Two arrows conjoined chevronwise.

Alternative forms

chevronways

Etymology

From chevron +‎ -wise

Adverb

chevronwise (comparative more chevronwise, superlative most chevronwise)

(heraldry) Synonym of chevrony: chevron-like, in the manner of a chevron.
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183:
  CHEVRONNE, or Chevronny, ſignifies the dividing of the ſhield ſeveral times chevron-wiſe.

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