Herringbone may refer to: *

Herring-Bone (card game) Herringbone may refer to: * Herring-Bone (card game), a game of patience *Herringbone (cloth), a woven pattern of tweed or twill cloth * Herringbone (formation), a type of military formation * Herringbone (horse) (1940–1961), a Thoroughbred race ...

, a game of patience *

Herringbone (cloth) Herringbone, also called broken twill weave, 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 ...

, a woven pattern of tweed or twill cloth * Herringbone (formation), a type of military formation * Herringbone (horse) (1940–1961), a Thoroughbred racehorse *

Herringbone cross-stratification Herringbone cross-stratification is a type of sedimentary structure formed in tidal areas, such as tidal flats, where the current periodically flows in the opposite direction. Formation During the conventional formation process of cross-stratifica ...

, a sedimentary structure in geology that is formed from back-and-forth tidal water flow *

Herringbone gear A herringbone gear, a specific type of double helical gear, is a special type of gear that is a side-to-side (not face-to-face) combination of two Gear#Helical, helical gears of opposite Helix#Handedness, hands. From the top, each helical Groove ...

, a type of gear *

Herringbone pattern The herringbone pattern is an arrangement of rectangles used for floor tilings and road pavement, so named for a fancied resemblance to the bones of a fish such as a herring. The blocks can be rectangles or parallelograms. The block edge length ...

, a pattern of floor tiling or paving *

Herringbone seating A herringbone seating arrangement describes the positioning of seats partially and equally askew in one direction. As the name suggests, the arrangement of the seats looks very similar to the skeleton of a fish, and has been called "fish-bone seat ...

, a pattern of airliner seating *A bonding pattern of brickwork, also known as

opus spicatum ''Opus spicatum'', literally "spiked work," is a type of masonry construction used in Roman and medieval times. It consists of bricks, tiles or cut stone laid in a herringbone pattern. Uses Its usage was generally decorative and most commonly i ...

Herringbone stitch A herringbone stitch is a needlework stitch used in embroidery, knitting and crochet. It is so named as it resembles the bones extending from the spine of a herring fish. In knitting, it is a stitch that creates a fabric pattern closely resembling ...

*A type of braided hairstyle, which is also known as a fishtail braid *A distortion pattern from deinterlacing video called

mouse teeth Deinterlacing is the process of converting interlaced video into a non-interlaced or progressive form. Interlaced video signals are commonly found in analog television, digital television (HDTV) when in the 1080i format, some DVD titles, and a ...

*A method of counting used with the

unary numeral system The unary numeral system is the simplest numeral system to represent natural numbers: to represent a number ''N'', a symbol representing 1 is repeated ''N'' times. In the unary system, the number 0 (zero) is represented by the empty string, that ...

*A technique of moving one's skis while

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

* Herringbone milking shed *Herringbone, another name for the medical condition

scintillating scotoma Scintillating scotoma is a common visual aura that was first described by 19th-century physician Hubert Airy (1838–1903). Originating from the brain, it may precede a migraine headache, but can also occur acephalgically (without headache), al ...

*"Herringbone", a song by Department of Eagles from ''

In Ear Park ''In Ear Park'' is the second album by Department of Eagles. It was released by 4AD on October 7, 2008. The inspiration for the album is noted to come from Daniel Rossen's childhood experiences, most notably memories of those related to his fath ...

'', 2008

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