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cheveron (s.xii2/4)
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cheveron (s.xii2/4)

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cheveroun,  cheverun;  cheviron,  chevron,  chievron;  chiverom,  chiveron;  chefferoun,  cheffron,  chefrune;  keverun;  scheveron  (ceverundis  TLL ii 88,  geveruns  TLL i 74)  
  FEW:  *capreus 2/i,306a Gdf:  cheviron 2,117c GdfC:  chevron 9,77c TL: chaviron 2,378 DEAF:  chevron  DMF:  chevron  TLF:  chevron  OED:  chevron n.  MED:  cheveroun n.  DMLBS:  chevero 327b

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1build.archit.beam, rafter (of a building): 
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiiiin )  Freinte le (=house) unt li larun, N’i ad remis cheveron  thaon Body and Soul (C) 718
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Les covertures des maisons E les lates e les chevrons [...] Ont el fossé amoncelé, Pois mistrent feu devers le vent, Li bois fu secs, li feu s’esprent  Rom de Rou wace ii 48.4338
( MS: c.1250 )  hoc tignum vel -nus: cheveron  TLL i 421
( 1299-1300 )  le dit mestre A. de C., charpenter, doit fere coper cheverouns en acun aluee ou autre bois  TNA E101/482/17
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Cumble, heez et cheveroun (M.E. sparre)  Nominale 441
♦ship.spar (of a ship): 
( 1312-13 )  En .xxxvj. cheverons et .ccc. bords por faire le chastel de la nief  TNA E101/612/31 m 1
2herald.chevron, representation of an inverted 'V': 
( c.1275 )  […] d’or al chef de gule a une chefrune d’argent en le chef  Eight Rolls 48.55
( 1300; MS: s.xiv1 )  En la baner jaune avoit Fesse entre deus cheverons vermaus  Eight Rolls 102.47
( 1378-79 )  Item, un grant hanap owé chefferounys sur le covercle  TNA E101/400/7
3wooden peg, pin: 
( c.1192; MS: c.1275 )  Li tref (=of palace) e trestut li cheverun […] D’un fust sunt fet mult precius  Pr Jean3 133.Y651
( MS: s.xiiiex )  epiros: (L) cheveruns (var. (D: xiii/xiv) clowis)  TLL ii 48
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