English dictionary
herringbone
/'h/E/r/I//N/,b/oU/n/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions.
Source: webster1913
noun
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a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern
Source: WordNet 3.0
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a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way; it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery
Synonyms herringbone patternSource: WordNet 3.0