Nearer came the sound, and nearer, until, presently, now in moonlight, now in shadow, there strode a tall, martial figure in all the glory of braided tunic, and furred dolman, the three chevrons upon his sleeve, and many shining medals upon his breast,a stalwart, soldierly figure, despite the one empty sleeve, who moved with the long, swinging stride that only the cavalry-man can possess.

The great pillars are ornamented in various wayssome with a great spiral groove running from bottom to top; others with two spirals, ascending in different directions, so as to cross over one another; some are fluted or channeled straight up and down; some are wrought with chevrons, like those on the sleeve of a police inspector.

His arms were in a Field Argent, on a Chevron Azure, three Leopards heads or, their tongues Gules, two Angels supporters, and the crest a Talbot.

The ARMS of the family are thus described: "Argent, a chevron, between three boar's heads, erased, sable armed, or, lingued proper.

And the clean-shaven young man, with his bright buttons bearing the chevron gules betwixt three boars' heads erased sable, of the Heyburns, bowed and withdrew.

Chevrons, service stripes, and campaign medals and badges are a part of the uniform and must be worn as prescribed.

The grade of noncommissioned officers is indicated by chevrons worn on the sleeve.

The Negroes were allowed to wear chevrons, but not shoulder straps or epaulets.

As a veteranthree chevrons and the Croix de GuerreI could hardly refuse to support the man who above all others helped us war dogs to beat the Bosch.

One, who wore a sergeant's chevrons, laughed and clapped me on the shoulder.

He was an officer, a large, bearded man, with a gold chevron in his cap, just the same as mine.

The arms of this abbey were, azure a chevron argent, between three fleur de lis.

There were the vasquines or rollers which encircled the waist and extended the folds of the petticoats, thus giving additional smallness to the waist; the brassards-à-chevrons or metallic braces for expanding the sleeves; and the affiquet of pearls or diamonds coquettishly attached to the left breast, and entitled the assassin.

We calculate that he is entitled to at least fifty-nine blue chevrons and one red.

But his own uniform would still be clean of wound chevrons.

"What a lot of wound chevrons it has!"

I have seen hardy old soldiers; banded like zebras with wound-stripes and field-service chevrons, offering to barter a perfectly good horse for a packet of Ruby Queen cigarettes, or swap a battery of Howitzers for a flagon of Scotch methylated.

Charlie, very gaunt and battered, but all the more enamored of himself therefor and for the new chevrons of a gun corporal on his dingy sleeve, was actually aboard that boat.

And Sergeant Steel (D.C.M. and four chevrons) bowed me into the street.

R118511, 2Oct53, Rebecca West (A) NASON, LEONARD H. Chevrons.

R118511, 2Oct53, Rebecca West (A) NASON, LEONARD H. Chevrons.

Cortlandt, in his brilliant zouave uniform, stood up and stretched his arms until the scarlet chevrons on the blue sleeves wrinkled into jagged lightning.

I want to get him to the surgeons as soon as possible" "You bet!" said Casson, wheeling his horse and displaying the new chevrons of a sergeant.

In August, Berkley's ragged blue and yellow jacket had been gaily embellished with brand-new sergeant's chevrons; at the Stone Bridge where the infantry recoiled his troop passed over at a gallop.

I was in soldier's dress and as he gave me a nod of recognition he said, looking at my chevrons, very simply but with feeling, "This day belongs to you."