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Meanings of herringbone pattern in inglês

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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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        Examples for "herringbone"
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        I love the subtle details like the beautiful herringbone effect on the tiling.
        News.com.au
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        Henceforth he will appear in neat herringbone, the neater pin stripe.
        The new yorker
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        The dog makes great curlicues around my own, splay-footed, herringbone of a track.
        The Irish Times
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        He often dresses himself in pinstripes, windowpane plaids, herringbone tweeds.
        Black house
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        The plane soared above herringbone pine forests as he pointed them towards Fairbanks, Alaska.
        The Irish Times
        Usage of herringbone pattern in inglês
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        The parquet is the traditional oak herringbone pattern seen in old houses and convents.
        The Irish Times
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        Tamworth Castle contains some walls that were built by the Saxons in a herringbone pattern.
        From John O'Groats to Land's End / Or, 1372 miles on foot; A boo...
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        That's what the herringbone pattern's all about.
        Water, stone, heart
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        They form a beautifully polished herringbone pattern in rich mahogany, glued to the floorboards below with hot bitumen.
        The Apocalypse Codex
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        They did, and saw that the thin cirrus clouds had also picked up that herringbone pattern along the course of the Beam .
        The waste lands
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        Another said: "This is infuriating." Some users however were more interested in the parking method, which has been done in a herringbone pattern.
        News.com.au
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        The two men had laid down a bed of gravel and leveled sand and now were setting the granite blocks in a handsome herringbone pattern.
        Water, stone, heart
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        The sky was already the colour of blueberry jelly, and two or three lighted riverboats drew herringbone patterns across the surface of the Mississippi.
        Death Trance
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        "He isn't," said Hal; "he's somewhere east of Piccadilly, studying Phoenician Architecture, and the herringbone pattern on antique masonry."
        Winding Paths
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        (Mrs. Harper herself wore sharp-toed high heels, which she kept planted on the rug in a herringbone pattern to show off her trim ankles.)
        Ladder of years: a novel