herringbone

Meaning of herringbone

noun
  1. A bone of a herring
  2. A zigzag pattern, especially made by bricks, on a cloth, or by stitches in sewing
  3. A method of climbing a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.
  4. Twilled fabric woven in rows of parallel sloping lines
verb
  1. To stitch in a herringbone pattern.
  2. To climb a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.

Information about herringbone

  • The plural form of herringbone is: herringbones.
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Hyphenation of herringbone

her-ring-bone

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • herringbone is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with herringbone

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