Obs. rare. [f. CHEVRON sb.1, or ad. F. chevronner, to adorn or charge with chevrons.] trans. To fit with chevrons or things arranged chevronwise; to make with a chevron pattern.
1543. Traheron, Vigo’s Chirurg., III. I. vi. 92. You must sewe of cloutes incoled or cheverned and laye them upon the wounde.
1606. B. Jonson, Hymenæi, Wks. 1615, 926 (R.). Whose nether parts, with their bases, were of watchet cloth of siluer, chev’rond all ouer with lace.
1851–3. Turner, Dom. Archit., II. v. 227 (transl. Lib. Roll. 35. Hen. III). And cover the chamber … with shingle and chevron it [orig. keveronari facias].
