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Herringbone

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Noun

1. herringbone

a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern

2. herringbone, herringbone pattern

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Herringbone

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noun
1. 
a. 
a pattern used in textiles, brickwork, etc, consisting of two or more rows of short parallel strokes slanting in alternate directions to form a series of parallel Vs or zigzags
b. 
(as modifier)
a herringbone jacket
a herringbone pattern of very long, narrow bricks
2. skiing
a method of ascending a slope by walking with the skis pointing outwards and one's weight on the inside edges
verb
3. 
to decorate (textiles, brickwork, etc) with herringbone
4. (intransitive) skiing
to ascend a slope in herringbone fashion

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Herringbone

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noun
1. 
the spine of a herring, having numerous thin, parallel bony extensions on each side similar to the barbs of a feather
2. 
a pattern with such a design or anything having such a pattern, as a kind of cross-stitch, a twill weave, or an arrangement of bricks
3. 
a method of climbing a slope on skis with the ski tips turned outward so that the tracks form a herringbone pattern
adjective
4. 
having the pattern of a herringbone
verb intransitive, verb transitiveWord forms: ˈherringˌboned or ˈherringˌboning
5. 
to stitch, weave, or arrange in a herringbone pattern
6. 
to climb (a slope) on skis, using the herringbone method

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Herringbone

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n.
1.
a. A pattern consisting of rows of short, slanted parallel lines with the direction of the slant alternating row by row and used in masonry, parquetry, embroidery, and weaving.
b. A twilled fabric woven in this pattern.
2. Sports A method of climbing a ski slope with the tips of the skis pointed outward.
v. her·ring·boned, her·ring·bon·ing, her·ring·bones
v.tr.
To arrange or decorate with a herringbone pattern.
v.intr.
1. To produce a herringbone pattern.
2. Sports To ascend a ski slope with the ski tips pointed outward.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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