herringbone

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Sheep in the City shared a "herringbone" - like stitch pattern for a quick scarf.

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  1. noun A pattern consisting of rows of short, slanted parallel lines with the direction of the slant alternating row by row and used in masonry, parquetry, embroidery, and weaving.
  2. noun A twilled fabric woven in this pattern.
  3. noun Sports A method of climbing a ski slope with the tips of the skis pointed outward.
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  • It would be expensive and completely inappropriate, a cashmere business suit, or something in a houndstooth or a herringbone, something worn only by matronly academics or matronly spies with stout poison-dart shoes. —  Christopher Moore - You Suck
  • Black 100\% wool mohair, herringbone, leather trim, 100\% silk charmeuse lining. —  Second City Style Fashion Blog - Style, Luxury, Beauty & Shopping
  • Other than sadly unlevel, they were pretty cool -- herringbone parquet, which frankly, I never would have cared about, but now will always connect with Russia. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Fern Mallis hates the herringbone, and Kors pulls out his tired old line about the model looking like she dressed in the dark. —  Dealing in Subterfuges
  • Business premier in Air New Zealand's 747-400s looks unsettlingly like a herringbone milking shed.
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