Her. Also 6–8 chevernel(l, 7 -onel, 8 chevronell(e. [f. CHEVRON sb.1 + -EL2 dim.] A bent bar on the escutcheon half the breadth of the chevron.
1572. Bossewell, Armorie, 12. A Cheuernel containeth halfe the Cheuron.
1610. Guillim, Heraldry, II. vi.
1627. Drayton, Agincourt, 14. The men of Glostershire, In Gold three Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring.
1864. Boutell, Heraldry Hist. & Pop., xv. (ed. 3), 191. A differenced shield of the De Clares, which charges each chevronel with three fleurs de lys.
