Herringbone

['herɪŋbəʊn] or ['hɛrɪŋbon]

解释:

(noun.) a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern.

(noun.) 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.

编辑:梅齐--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions.

校对:莫利