noun [ usu. as adj.]
1. an arrangement or design consisting of columns of short parallel lines, with all the lines in one column sloping one way and all the lines in the next column sloping the other way so as to resemble the bones in a fish, used esp. in the weave of cloth or the placing of bricks
herringbone
• (also herringbone stitch) a cross-stitch with a pattern resembling such an arrangement, used in embroidery or for securing an edge
2. Skiing a method of ascending a slope by walking forward in alternate steps with each ski angled outward
