chevron vs stencil

chevron

noun
  • An angle bracket, either used as a typographic or a scientific symbol. 

  • A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve. 

  • A wide inverted V placed on a shield. 

  • A háček, a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex. 

  • One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles. 

  • A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “«” or “»”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as ““” and “””. 

verb
  • To form or be formed into chevrons 

stencil

noun
  • A pattern produced using such a utensil. 

  • A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph. 

  • A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet. 

verb
  • To print with a stencil. 

How often have the words chevron and stencil occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )