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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Herringbone \Her"ring*bone`\ (h[e^]r"r[i^]ng*b[=o]n`), a.
     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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     {Herringbone stitch}, a kind of cross-stitch in needlework,
        chiefly used in flannel. --Simmonds.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  herringbone
       n : a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern

















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