1. V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service; - Example: "they earned their stripes in Kuwait" [syn: chevron, stripe, stripes, grade insignia]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
grade insignia
n 1: V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service;
"they earned their stripes in Kuwait" [syn: chevron,
stripe, stripes, grade insignia]