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Meanings of chevron twill in English

Portuguese
espinhado
Spanish
espigado
Wikidata

Chevron-patterned twill weave in which the direction of the diagonal is reversed over groups of warp threads.

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        Examples for "herringbone"
        Examples for "herringbone"
        1
        I love the subtle details like the beautiful herringbone effect on the tiling.
        News.com.au
        2
        Henceforth he will appear in neat herringbone, the neater pin stripe.
        The new yorker
        3
        The dog makes great curlicues around my own, splay-footed, herringbone of a track.
        The Irish Times
        4
        He often dresses himself in pinstripes, windowpane plaids, herringbone tweeds.
        Black house
        5
        The plane soared above herringbone pine forests as he pointed them towards Fairbanks, Alaska.
        The Irish Times
        1
        It was most prominent at Chanel, where it infused herringbone tweed suits, as well as the label's more psychedelic offerings.
        BBC
        2
        She pulls out herringbone tweed coats to enthuse about the linings, turns silk blouses inside out to coo over the seams.
        The Guardian
        3
        Nightingale was wearing what I recognised as his "working suit", light brown herringbone tweed, double-breasted, leather patches on the elbow.
        Rivers of London
        4
        Our identity as a people is expressed through fabrics such as the stories contained in Aran knits, herringbone tweed and Galway shawls.
        The Irish Times
        5
        He often dresses himself in pinstripes, windowpane plaids, herringbone tweeds.
        Black house
        Translations for chevron twill