inverted caret

plural inverted carets

1. A caret (^) that has been inverted.

   Learners employing the vowels must not use either the inverted caret v (a) or the dot, (e or i) except as vowels.

   1823, George Jackson, Two New and Efficient Systems of Stenography, page 28

2. informalA háček.

   Bohemian, as we call it, or Cesky, as they write it (with another inverted caret over the C).

   1896, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen’s Magazine, XXI, page 288