cheval-glass 
cheval-glass (she -val' gifts), n. A looking- 
glass mounted so as to swing in a frame, which 
may move on wheels or rollers, and large 
enough to reflect the whole figure. 
Mr. Scaley . . . walking up to one of the cheval-glasses, 
eave it a hard poke in the centre with his stick. 
Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, xxi. 
Chevalier (shev-a-ler'), n. [< ME. chivaler, 
clieealere, < OF. chevalier, mod. F. chevalier, a 
horseman, knight, cavalier : see cavalier, which 
is a doublet.] 1. A horseman; a kmght; a 
cavalier; a gallant soldier. 
Kuyghtis, I coiuaunde, who to dule drawes, 
Thas uhurles as chcueleres ye chastise and chase, 
And drede je no doute. York Plays, p. 125. 
Mount, chevaliers! to arms ! Shak., K. John, ii. 1. 
The French chevaliers, after they had broken their lances, 
came to handy blows. Time's Storehouse. 
2. The lowest title of rank in the old French 
nobility. 
It was rumoured that a young gentleman of French ex- 
traction, the Chevalier de Magny, equerry to^the reigning 
duke, , . . was the intended of the i ! 
952 
\chilles at tho choise men eheuert for anger. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. .), 1. 9370. 
chevroned 
Right as a thefe maketh his chevesance, 
And robbeth menues goodes about 
In wode and felde. Gower, Con!. Amant., II. 332. 
3. A member or knight of an honorable order, 
especially one who holds the lowest rank in such 
an order when there are more ranks than one : cheveron . ^ ,_, . 
as, a chevalier of the Legion ot Honor, itio cjjeyeronny (shev-e-rou'i), a. [Accom. of che- 
word in this sense is not used as a title of ad- vron ^ < p. chevron'n^, < chevron: see chevron.] 
dress. Compare cavalier. 4. In her., an armed In ^ divided into several equal parts by 
knight usually mounted. If mounted, the bla- .: . : *u~ i;,,.. .t ;,.,. n f tv*^ /Jio\rfrtTi aa.rl 
zon should state the fact. 5f. In ornith., an 
old and disused name of the greenshank, red- 
shank, and other birds of the genus Totanus. 
Also called gambet and horseman Chevalier 
d'industrie (F., knight of industry), a man who lives by 
his wits ; a swindler ; a sharper. 
chevalryt, n. An obsolete form of chivalry. 
cheval-screen (she-val'skren), n. A screen 
mounted in a frame, having a broad base for 
ment. (b) An unlawful agreement or contract, 
(c) An agreement or a composition, as an end 
or order set down between a creditor and his 
debtor. 
cheviset, chevisht, v. t. [Also written chevice; 
ME. cheviscn, chcvesen, chevyschcn, chevesshen, 
< OF. cheviss-, stem of certain parts of clievir, 
accomplish, obtain, etc.: see cfcfcre 1 , and cf. 
chevisance.] 1. To get; provide. 
Chevysen [var. chenysehen, chevesshen] or purveyn, pro- 
video. Prompt, Pan., p. 74. 
Thof tho haue cheuesed thee a chylde, . . . 
For it is ueten of a god, thy gilt is the lasse. 
Alisaunder Sf tlacedoine (E. E. T. S.), 1. 966. 
2. To care for; help. 
Your honour and your emperise, 
Nech ded for drede, ne can her not chemie. 
Chaucer, Complaint of Mars, 1. 289. 
,., (chev'er-il-iz), v. t. [< cheveril + chevrette (shev-ref), n. [F., doe, roe, trivet, 
-ize.] To make as pliable as kid leather. shrimp, dim. of checre, a goat: see cheverel.] 
I appeal to your own, though never so much cheverilized, A machine used for raising guns or mortars 
consciences, my good calumniators. upon their carriages. 
Bp. Mountagu, Appeal to Cffisar, p. 23. cn ^ vroll) cne veron (shev'ron, -e-ron). n. [< F. 
See chevron. chevron, OF. chevron = Pr. c'abrion = Sp. cabrio, 
i ,~,,'t\ rAnnnm nf fjtf. a rafter, a chevron, < ML. ca- 
pro(n-), a rafter, < L. caper, 
capra, a goat; rafters being 
appar. so named because they 
are reared on end like butting 
goats ; cf . capreoli, props, stays, 
lit. goats : see capriole, ca- 
per 1 .] 1. In her., one of the 
honorable ordinaries, it is sup- 
_ , . L. capra, a goat: see 
riole, and cf . chevron.] I. n. 1. A tad. 
He hath a conscience like a cheverel's skin. Ray. 
2. Kid leather, used especially for gloves in 
the middle ages and later. 
Here's a wit of cheverel, that stretches from an inch 
narrow to an ell broad ! Shak., R. and .1., ii. 4. 
3 Any flexible leather similar to kid. 
II. a. 1. Made of kid leather. 
A sentence is but a cheveril glove to a good wit : how 
quickly the wrong side may be turned outward ! 
Shak., T. N., iii. 1. 
2. Figuratively, pliable ; yielding. 
Your soft cheveril conscience. Shak., Hen. VIII., ii. 3. 
No tough hides limiting our cheveril minds. 
Chapman and Shirley, Chabot, Admiral of France, i. 
lines having the direction of the chevron : said 
of an escutcheon. Also written chevronny. 
ihevesailet, chevesalt, n. [ME. chevesaile, < 
OF. chevesaille, chevegaille, neck-band, < chevece, 
the neck, = Sp. cabesa = Pg. cabeca, the head: 
see cabeqa.] An ornamental collar, either a 
necklace or more probably the collar of a gown 
or upper garment, which when opened exposed 
the bosom. It is described as richly adorned. 
Gules a Chevron ac- 
companied by three 
crosses argent. 
tier completed to 
cheva "ride on horseback, < chwal, a horse : 
see chemchie, chcval.] In sura., the riding of 
for the head, used m cases of fracture 
turn of the lower jaw. Also written ehevaster. 
See Cnurfllttl':, {//COTWUI JJl o//., uixc *M*UIQ v*. - , . num ojovcuianvt**- 
one bone over another after 'fracture, giving chevet (she-va[F apse head of a bed^ ly r e p eated it fonus 
posed to represent two rafters, as of 
a roof, leaning against each other at 
the top ; but it may more properly be 
described as the lower half of a sal- 
i point at the top. The two arms of 
the chevron rest upon the sinister and dexter bases of 
the field, and are joined in the center. It occupies one 
fifth of the surface of the field. 
2. A variety of fret ornament common in 
Norman and other Romanesque architecture. 
When systematical- 
rise to shortening of the limb. 
chevaux, . Plural of cheval. 
chevaux-de-frise (she-vo'de-frez'), n. pi. [F., 
lit. Friesland horses: chevaux, pi. of cheval, 
horse; de, of; 
Frise, Fries- 
land: said to 
have been first 
employed at a 
siege 'of Gro- 
ningen, in 
dim. of chef, head: see chief.] 1. The eastern a 
chevron-molding. 
extremity or the termination' of the apse, both &L%*j' 9 *3l 
exterior and interior, of a church, with the chap- SSJSC 
els, aisles, etc., if present, immediately con- 
nected with it. 
The chevet ... is an apse, always enclosed by an open 
screen of columns on the ground-floor, and opening into 
an aisle, which again always opens into three or more 
apsidal chapels. J. Fergusson, Hist. Arch., I. 475. 
ancient Fries- 
land, against 
the enemy's cavalry.] 
Chevaux-de-frise. 
2. A small block or coin sometimes used for giv- 
ing the proper elevation to a mortar in firing, 
chevetaint, >' A Middle English form of chief- 
tain. 
*, Ciiouv o ^,^,.j Pieces of timber trav- chevtre, n. See checestre. 
ersed with spikes of iron, or of wood pointed chevey, v. and n. bee chevy. 
with iron, 5 or G feet long, used to defend a chevicet, v. t. See c/ieme. 
passage, stop a breach, form an obstacle to the chevilt, . Same as cavefl, 3. kersey, 1708. 
advance of cavalry, etc. A similar contrivance is Cheville (she-vel'), n. [< F. chevtlle = Pr c- 
placed on the top of a wall to prevent persons from climb- villa Sp. cabllla = Pg. cavilna, a peg, pin, DOlt, 
ing over it. Also cheval-de-frise. See caltrop. _ It. caviglia (also caviglio), a peg, pin, < L. 
These staircases received light from sundry windows clavicula, a small key, bar, bolt, > E. clavicle, 
placed at some distance above the^floor^and Booking into q_ V- ] The peg to which a string of a violin, 
guitar, or other stringed instrument is attached. 
See cheven. 
% _ 1. A sheep of a breed 
so~c'ailed from ttie Cheviot Hills, between Eng- 
land and Scotland. Cheviots are noted for their large 
carcass and valuable wool, qualities which, combined with 
a hardiness second only to that of the black-faced breed, 
make them the most valuable race of mountain sheep in 
Great Britain. The fleece weighs from 3 to 4 pounds, and 
the carcass of ewes varies from 12 to 16 pounds per quarter, 
that of wethers from 16 to 20 pounds. 
ra, hair, esp. false hair;< capillatus, hatfy, < ca- 2. \L c] A loosely woven woolen cloth made 
nffliuj hmr.. BA ,vnM/7r./.1 1. A head of hair, from the wool of the Cheviot sheep. 
[ME. chevisance, -ounce, etc., < 
OF. chevisance, chevwsance, < chevir, come to an 
end, perform, prevail, < chef, head, extremity, 
end : see chieve 1 , achieve, and chief.] 1. Accom- 
plishment; achievement; result; outcome. 
Whan Henry herd telle this of that gode chewysance. 
Langtoft'i Chron. (ed. Hearne), p. 105. 
2. Means. 
Almesdede shal make a chevisaunce 
T' exclude by grace the rigour of vengeaunce. 
Lydgate, Minor Poems, p. 77. 
3. A bargain; negotiation for a loan ; a loan. 
And tellith hir that chaffar is so deere 
That needes most he make a chevisaunce. 
Chaucer, Shipman's Tale, 1. 328. 
Eschaunges and cheuesances with suche chaffare I dele, 
And lene folke that lese wol a lyppe at euery noble. 
Piers Plowman (B), v. 248. 
4. Profit; gain. 
3. Milit., a badge 
consisting of 
stripes meeting 
at an angle, worn 
on the coat- 
sleeves of non- 
commissioned of- 
ficers, above the 
elbow. The num- 
ber of stripes indi- 
cates the rank of the 
bearer : as, for a ser- 
geant-major, three 
bars and an arc ; for 
a quartermaster-ser- 
geant, three bars and a tie of three bars ; for a sergeant, 
three bars ; for a corporal, two bars. 
4. In anat. and zoiil., a chevron-bone (which 
Chevron-molding. 
Galilee, Cathedral of Durham, England. 
The impassable mud below bristled with chevaux de ^ evl ?t; , , 
frise of the dwarf palmetto. Cheviot (chev 1-ot), . 
G. W. Cable, Old Creole Days, p. 180. 
chevet, v. See chieve 1 . 
cheve!6 (shev-e-la'), a. [F., < L. capillatus, 
hairy: see chevelitre.] In her., streaming with 
rays : said of a comet or blazing-star. 
chevelure (shev'e-lur), n. [F., head of hair, < 
OF. cheveleure = It. capellatura, < L. 
wise, its two ends being turned to one side of the field. 
Chevron In Chief, in her., a chevron out of its usual place, 
and set very high in the field. 
chevron-bone (shev'ron-bon), n. One of a pair 
of bones which form a subvertebral V-shaped 
aillus, hairl see capillary.] 1. A head of hair. 
2. A periwig; a peruke. 3. In astron., the cheyisancet, n. 
coma or nebulous part of a comet or other 
nebulous body. 
cheven (chev'en), n. [Formerly also chevin; 
also chevenden, chavender, q. v. ; < OF. chevesne, 
cheviniau, F. chevin, chevanne, a chub, prob. < 
chef, head: see chief.] An old name of the 
chub. Also chiven, chiving. 
Go to the same hole in which I caught my Chub, where, 
in most hot days, you will find a dozen or twenty Chevens 
floating near the top of the water. 
/. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 68. 
chevenden (ehev'en-den), n. [See cheven, chav- 
ender.] A local English name of the chub. 
cheventeint, An obsolete variant of chief- 
tain. 
chevert, v. i. A Middle English form of chiver, 
now shiver, tremble. See shiver?. 
Two Chevron-bones in profile (ch, ch), and one showing front view. 
arch beneath the spinal column of many ani- 
mals, especially in the caudal region. This arch 
is regarded by some as a hemal arch, by others as homol- 
ogous with an Intel-centrum (which see). The series of 
such bones forms a canal in which blood-vessels may run. 
chevron^ (shev-ro-na'), a. [< F. chevronne, < 
chevron: see cheveronny and chevron.] In her., 
charged with several chevronels, separated one 
from another by the field. 
chevroned (shev'rond), a. [< chevron + -edj.] 
1 . Decorated or covered with chevrons, or with 
chevron-like ornamentations ; marked with zig- 
zag lines or stripes. 
Watchet cloth of silver cheveroned all over with lace. 
B. Jonson, Masque of Hymen. 
2. In her., same as chevron^. 
