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Look up: Herringbone


  1. Herringbone
    In masonry herringbone work is one in which the stones are laid aslant instead of being bedded flat. It is very commonly found in rough walling, and occasionally, in the Norman style, in ashlar work. It is more frequent in the Norman than any other style, but it is not to be relied upon as evidence ...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TH.HTM

  2. Herringbone
    Brick or stone laid in alternate diagonal courses.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20018

  3. Herringbone
    Patterning caused by driving a colour-modulated composite video signal (PAL or NTSC) into a monochrome monitor. It is also often a characteristic of Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) picked up along a coaxial cable length.
    Found op http://www.zoo.co.uk/~z0001325/Glossary.html

  4. herringbone
    [n] - a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=herringbone

  5. Herringbone
    brick or stone laid diagonally
    Found op http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/glossary.php

  6. Herringbone
    Type of masonry in which the stones are set in a zig-zag pattern.
    Found op http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi/gloschur.htm

  7. Herringbone
    Zigzag pattern of brickwork
    Found op http://www.fmb.org.uk/find-a-builder/helpful-advice/jargon-buster/?locale=e

  8. Herringbone
    Zigzag pattern of brickwork.
    Found op http://www.interbuilders.co.uk/glossary/h/herringbone.html



  1. Herringbone
    See masonry.
    Found op http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/resources/glossary.html

  2. Herringbone
    Masonry laid diagonally along horizontal courses, each course laid in the opposite direction to that below it. Herringbone masonry is usually taken to be indicative of 11thc. work.
    Found op http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/resources/glossary.html

  3. Herringbone
    Her'ring·bone` (hĕr'rĭng*bōn`) adjective 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. Her...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/38

  4. herringbone
    noun a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=herringbone

  5. herringbone
    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
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=herringbone

  6. Herringbone
    • (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.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/herringbone/

  7. Herringbone
    [cloth] Herringbone describes a distinctive V-shaped weaving pattern usually found in twill fabric. It is distinguished from a plain chevron by the break at reversal, which makes it resemble a broken zigzag. The pattern is called herringbone because it resembles the skeleton of a herring fis...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herringbone_(cloth)

  8. Herringbone
    [formation] Herringbone is a military formation where one member of the squad at the front faces forwards, then all members behind alternate facing left-right-left-right until the member at the back who faces backwards. When the squad moves the person next to the person facing backwards will...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herringbone_(formation)

  9. herringbone
    1) Brick or stone laid in alternate diagonal courses 2) Chevron weave 3) Cloth 4) Fabric 5) Material 6) Textile
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/herringbone/1

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