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herringboned

herringboned adjective: having a herringbone (zigzag) pattern. Also the simple past and past participle of herringbone.

Adjective

herringboned (comparative more herringboned, superlative most herringboned)

  1. Having a herringbone (zigzag) pattern.
    • When, at the head-centre, the lady demonstrator, armed with a Brobdingnagian whalebone needle, threaded with a bright red cord, executed herringboned fantasias on a canvas frame resembling a violin stand, it all looked easy enough.1899, I[srael] Zangwill, “The Keeper of Conscience”, in “They that Walk in Darkness”: Ghetto Tragedies, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Jewish Publication Society of America, →OCLC, section VII, page 289

Also used as

herringboned is also the simple past and past participle of herringbone.

Forms of herringboned

comparativemore herringboned
superlativemost herringboned

Questions about herringboned

What does herringboned mean?
Herringboned means having a herringbone (zigzag) pattern.
What part of speech is herringboned?
Herringboned is an adjective.

Words near herringboned in the dictionary

  1. herring-bones
  2. herring-gutted
  3. herringbone
  4. herringbone gear
  5. herringbone gears
  6. herringboned
  7. herringbones
  8. herringboning
  9. herringer
  10. herringers
  11. Herringfleet

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