Words Like HERRINGBONE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to HERRINGBONE.

7 Alternative Words Similar to herringbone

1 Cloth Noun      Synonym Words Like Cloth
2 Design Noun      Synonym Words Like Design
3 Fabric Noun      Synonym Words Like Fabric
4 Figure Noun      Synonym Words Like Figure
5 Material Noun      Synonym Words Like Material
6 Pattern Noun      Synonym Words Like Pattern
7 Textile Noun      Synonym Words Like Textile

10 definitions of herringbone

1 The bone of a herring.
2 Resembling the spine of a herring: specifically applied to courses of stone laid at an angle, so that the stones in each course are placed side by side, and obliquely to the right and left in alternate courses. It is a kind of ashler common in late Roman and occurring in the earliest medieval work.
3 A textile stuff made in this way, as chudders.
4 To sew or embroider with the herring-bone stitch.
5 In carpentry, to strengthen (a floor) by herring-bone bridging, that is, with short pieces of studding set diagonally from the lower edge of one beam to near the upper edge of the next.
6 In masonry, to build, as a wall, of stone, tiles, or bricks laid at an angle with the horizon so as to show on the face in a series of diagonals, generally in alternate courses so as to produce a continued zigzag.
7 A bone of a herring
8 A zigzag pattern, especially made by bricks, on a cloth, or by stitches in sewing
9 A method of climbing a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.
10 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
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