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herringboning

herringboning is the present participle and gerund of herringbone.

Meaning of herringbone

Verb

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

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

See all 6 meanings of herringbone

Questions about herringboning

What is herringboning the present participle and gerund of?
Herringboning is the present participle and gerund of herringbone.

Words near herringboning in the dictionary

  1. herringbone
  2. herringbone gear
  3. herringbone gears
  4. herringboned
  5. herringbones
  6. herringboning
  7. herringer
  8. herringers
  9. Herringfleet
  10. herringless
  11. herringlike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: herringboning (page history and authors); herringbone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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