HERRINGBONE

I. noun Usage: often attributive Date: 1659 a pattern made up of rows of parallel lines which in any two adjacent rows slope in opposite directions, 2. a twilled fabric with a ~ pattern, a ~ arrangement (as of materials or parts), a method in skiing of ascending a slope by herringboning, II. verb Date: 1787 transitive verb to produce a ~ pattern on, to arrange in a ~ pattern, intransitive verb to produce a ~ pattern, to ascend a slope by toeing out on skis and placing the weight on the inner side