herringbone

herringbone has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 11.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern
• n.. 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