椽 meaning in English — chevron, rafter

English meaning

chevron noun A V-shaped stripe or pattern, often used as a badge of military or police rank.
rafter noun One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.

椽 is used for these senses in English:

angle bracket (terminology) Either of a pair of symbols, 〈〉, used to enclose the name of the domain in which a concept and a term is used.
chevron A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.
háček (orthography, and, typography) A caron; a diacritical mark (ˇ) usually resembling an inverted circumflex, but in the cases of ď, Ľ, ľ, and ť resembling an apostrophe (’) instead.
rafter (architecture) One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.

noun A V-shaped stripe or pattern, often used as a badge of military or police rank.
noun A V-shaped road marking used to show a safe following distance between vehicles.

noun One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.
noun A flock of turkeys.