英和和英

語源

From herring +‎ bone.

発音

• (Canada) IPA: /ˈhɛɹɪŋˌboʊn/

名詞

herringbone (countable and uncountable, plural herringbones)

1. (literally, countable) A bone of a herring.
   • 1884, Samuel Smiles, Men of Invention and Industry:

     The prosperity of Amsterdam was then so great that it was said that Amsterdam was "founded on herring-bones."

2. A zigzag pattern, especially made by bricks, on a cloth, or by stitches in sewing.
   • 1861, Charlotte Yonge, The Young Step-Mother:

     'The best path of life is but a herring-bone pattern.'

   • 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

     Mr Bloom walked behind the eyeless feet, a flatcut suit of herringbone tweed.

   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 174:

     Though almost engulfed by Bedford, Elstow's claim to villagedom is still maintained by two fine rows of timber-framed, overhung, black-and-white cottages and the timber and herringbone-brick Swan pub.

3. (countable, skiing) A method of climbing a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.
4. (textiles) Twilled fabric woven in rows of parallel sloping lines.
   • 1963, Men's Wear, volume 147, page 39:

     For some strange and elusive reason, the staid, prosaic herringbones have angled themselves into a position of fashion prominence.

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動詞

herringbone (third-person singular simple present herringbones, present participle herringboning, simple past and past participle herringboned)

1. To stitch in a herringbone pattern.
2. (skiing) To climb a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.

派生語

• herringboned (adjective)

Further reading

• herringbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia