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herringbone

Syllabification: (her·ring·bone)
Pronunciation: /ˈheriNGˌbōn/
Translate herringbone | into Italian
Definition of herringbone

noun

[usually as modifier]
  • 1an arrangement or design consisting of columns of short parallel lines, with all the lines in one column sloping one way and all the lines in the next column sloping the other way so as to resemble the bones in a fish, used especially in the weave of cloth or the placing of bricks:a brown wool herringbone jacket
  • (also herringbone stitch) a cross-stitch with a pattern resembling herringbone, used in embroidery or for securing an edge.
  • 2 Skiing a method of ascending a slope by walking forward in alternate steps with each ski angled outward.

verb

  • 1 [with object] mark with a herringbone pattern.
  • work with a herringbone stitch.
  • 2 [no object] Skiing ascend a slope using the herringbone technique:we learned how to herringbone up the hills and swoosh down them

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