noun (n)

• V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  grade insignia, stripe, stripes
  

  source: wordnet30
• an inverted V-shaped charge(noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two broad bands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the dexter and sinister bases of the field and conjoined at its center.(noun)

  source: webster1913