Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun herringbone

2 senses of herringbone

Sense 1
herringbone -- (a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern)
       => fabric, cloth, material, textile -- (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress")

Sense 2
herringbone, herringbone pattern -- (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)
       => design, pattern, figure -- (a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors")