Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Herringbone

Herringbone (her"ring*bōn`) , adjective

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.
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Herringbone stitch , a kind of cross-stitch in needlework, chiefly used in flannel. — Simmonds