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See also:CHEVRON (Fr. from chevre, a See also:goat) , in See also:architecture, the beams or rafters in the See also:roofs of a See also:building, See also:meeting in an See also:angle with a fancied resemblance to the horns of a butting See also:goat; in See also:heraldry a See also:bent See also:bar on a See also:shield, used also as a distinguishing badge of See also:rank on the sleeves of non-commissioned See also:officers in most armies and navies and by See also:police and other organized bodies wearing See also:uniform, and as a See also:mark of See also:good conduct in the See also:army and See also:navy . See also:Chevron is also an architectural See also:term for an inflected See also:ornament, called also " zig-zag," found largely in romanesque architecture in See also:France, See also:England and See also:Sicily . It is one of the most See also:common decorations found in the voussoirs of the See also:Norman See also:arch, and was employed also on shafts, as in the' cloisters of See also:Monreale near See also:Palermo, those of St See also:Patti outside See also:Rome, and many churches in See also:Germany . Its earliest See also:appearance was in the See also:tomb of See also:Agamemnon at See also:Mycenae, where the shafts flanking the entrance See also:doorway have nine decorative chevron bands; in this See also:case there is no doubt it was derived from the See also:metal casing of the See also:early See also:wood columns . |
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