† ˈcheveronne Obs. rare.
Apparently a corruption of chaufron, shawfron, chamfrain; perh. confused with the heraldic chevron.
c 1420 Anturs of Arth. xxx, His stede..was trapput to the hele. Opon his cheueronne be-forn, Stode as a vnicorn Als scharpe as a thorn An nanlas of stele. |