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Webster 1913 Edition
Herringbone
Her′ring-boneˊ
(hĕr′rĭng-bōnˊ)
, Adj.
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.
Herringbone stitch
, a kind of cross-stitch in needlework, chiefly used in flannel.
Simmonds.