单词 | herringbone |
释义 | herringbonen.adj. 1. a. The bone of a herring. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Clupeidae and herrings > member of > parts of cob1594 herringbone1652 1652 Season. Exp. Netherl. 8 I was pleased to hear so rich a Towne..could be Founded on Herring-Bones. 1857 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) I. 709/2 The popular saying of being founded on herring-bones is as applicable to the thriving town of Wick, as Amsterdam. b. plural. Small cirrocumulus clouds (cf. mackerel sky n.). Π 1905 Westm. Gaz. 22 Apr. 4/2 The sky was sunny, but mottled in the north-west with ‘herring-bones’, which prophesied wind. c. plural. The herring-bone-line hatching used to represent mountains on a map. Π 1900 E. T. Fowler Farringdons v ‘I see. And please what are the mountain-ranges that you are drawing now?’ ‘These,’ replied Elisabeth, covering her map with herring~bones, ‘are your scruples.’ d. Furniture. (See quot. 1952.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying, etc., in wood > [adjective] > types of inlaid work Tunbridge1773 intarsia1867 herringbone1937 1937 Burlington Mag. July 45/2 All the ornament required is to be found in the finely figured wood, the craftsmanship displayed in the herringbone and cross-banded borders. 1952 J. Gloag Short Dict. Furnit. 285 Herringbone, patterns in the form of a herring bone were used on the banding of drop fronts on early 18th century walnut furniture. 1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 142/1 Herring-bone banding, a decorative veneer border much used on walnut furniture of the late 17th and early 18th cent. consisting of two narrow strips of veneer laid together diagonally forming a pattern resembling a herring-bone or feather [etc.]. e. Skiing. (See quot. 1924.) Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > [noun] > actions of skier side slipping1832 herringbone1904 herringboning1904 traverse1905 side-slip1913 ploughing1924 sitzmark1930 schussing1961 angulation1963 unweighting1969 1904 D. M. M. C. Somerville et al. Ski-running 35 A short, steep bit of slope may be overcome by the methods illustrated in Figs. 12 and 13, but both are fatiguing,..especially the ‘herring bone’. 1924 Tourist Winter Sports No. 12/1 Herring-bone, a method of climbing without kick-turns which leaves tracks like the well-known stitch. 1972 ‘M. Yorke’ Silent Witness iii. 58 [Her] muscles always screamed after..side-stepping or herring~bone climbing. 2. attributive or adj. Resembling in appearance the bones of a herring. a. herringbone stitch n. Sewing a kind of stitch in which the threads are set obliquely at equal angles on opposite sides of a line, or crossing each other: hence herringbone seam, herringbone thread. Also absol. = herringbone stitch n., etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > stitch > other chain-stitch1598 French knot1623 picot1623 petty-point1632 tent-stitch1639 brede-stitch1640 herringbone stitch1659 satin stitch1664 feather-stitch1835 Gobelin stitch1838 crowfoot1839 seedingc1840 German stitch1842 petit point1842 long stitch1849 looped stitch1851 hem-stitch1853 loop-stitch1853 faggot stitch1854 spider-wheel1868 dot stitch1869 picot stitch1869 slip-stitch1872 coral-stitch1873 stem stitch1873 rope stitch1875 Vienna cross stitch1876 witch stitch1876 pin stitch1878 seed stitch1879 cushion-stitch1880 Japanese stitch1880 darning-stitch1881 Kensington stitch1881 knot-stitch1881 bullion knot1882 cable pattern1882 Italian stitch1882 lattice-stitch1882 queen stitch1882 rice stitch1882 shadow-stitch1882 ship-ladder1882 spider-stitch1882 stem1882 Vandyke stitch1882 warp-stitch1882 wheel-stitch1882 basket-stitch1883 outline stitch1885 pointing1888 bullion stitchc1890 cable-stitchc1890 oriental stitchc1890 Turkish stitchc1890 Romanian stitch1894 shell-stitch1895 saddle stitch1899 magic stitch1900 plumage-stitch1900 saddle stitching1902 German knot stitch1903 trellis1912 padding stitch1913 straight stitch1918 Hungarian stitch1921 trellis stitch1921 lazy daisy1923 diamond stitchc1926 darning1930 faggot filling stitch1934 fly stitch1934 magic chain stitch1934 glove stitch1964 pad stitch1964 1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese A-spina pesce,..the hearing-bone stitch. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 453 That kind of stitch called by sempstresses the herring-bone or a flat seam. 1866 R. Chambers Ess. 1st Ser. 198 Causes your clothes to be..embroidered in the herring-bone fashion. 1880 Plain Hints 24 Herring-bone, called ‘cat's teeth’ in the West of England, is the name of the stitch used for flannel work. b. Architecture. Applied to a kind of masonry and of paving in which the stones or tiles are set obliquely in alternate rows so as to form a zigzag pattern: as herringbone ashlar, herringbone balk, herringbone bond, herringbone work, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [adjective] > specific dispositions herringbone1700 random1703 brick-on-edge1750 Cyclopean1822 uncoursed1825 long and short1835 inbond1842 throughband1844 isodomous1850 coursed1851 brick veneer1881 out-bond1882 joint-bedded1883 snecked1883 rat-trap bond1932 coigned- society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [adjective] > paved > in specific way pitched1611 herringbone1700 crazy1923 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 2 They make a good Pavement, and..[it] looks handsomly, especially if laid Herring-bone fashion. 1845 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 4) 199 The interior, or backing, of Roman walls is often of irregular herring-bone work. 1848 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 5) App. 36 Rude and wide jointed rag-work, with some herring-bone. 1853 Archaeologia 35 384 The walls to this room were 3 feet thick, with herring-bone masonry. 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times iv. 112 Incised patterns in which the chevron or herring-bone constantly recurs. c. Weaving and Clothmaking. Applied to stuffs in which a zigzag pattern (as in b) is worked: as herringbone twill, herringbone-weaving. Also absol., a stuff having a herringbone pattern. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > patterned > chevron or zig-zag vandyking1819 herringbone1860 chevron-cloth1884 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > patterned > other watered1568 water1586 Paisley1790 herringbone1860 1860 All Year Round 28 Apr. 63 Barragons and fustians, herringbones, thicksets..dimities and velveteens, for which Bolton was famous. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 252/2 Herringbone Twill. A name by which a soft slight dress material is known. 1887 Cassell's Family Mag. Oct. 697/1 With an interwoven corded stripe, with chevron or herring-bone weaving between. Categories » d. herringbone bridging n. Carpentry ‘strutting-pieces between thin joists, diagonally from the top of one to the bottom of another, to prevent lateral deflection’ (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875). e. herringbone coralline n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Hydrozoa > order Campanulariae > member of family Sertulariidae sea-fir1633 shrub coral1681 coralline1721 coralloid1750 sea-coralline1753 herringbone coralline1755 sea-beard1755 tree-coral1871 1755 J. Ellis Ess. Nat. Hist. Corallines 17 Herring-bone Coralline. This Coralline is often found sticking to Oysters as they are brought to the London Market, during the Winter-season. 1850 A. Pratt Chapters Common Things Sea-side 258 The Herring-bone Coralline (‘Halecium halecinum’) which grows on stones and shells, in the deep parts of the sea. 1915 E. R. Lankester Diversions of Naturalist 97 Very minute jelly-fish,..[which] originate as buds from small branching polyps, one kind of which is common on oyster-shells, and is called ‘the herring-bone coralline’. f. Designating a type of milking parlour in which the stalls are arranged in a herringbone pattern. Π 1957 Farmer & Stockbreeder 9 Apr. 45/1 The yard and parlour system obviously attracts those changing over to dairying and the main interest centred on the..herring~bone parlour design. 1963 Farmer & Stockbreeder 5 Mar. 33/2 (advt.) Gascoigne milking systems. Herringbone parlour for batch milking. 1970 Times 9 Mar. 13/5 Another innovation costs £120 a milking stall, or £600 for this item alone in the five-point herringbone parlour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). herringbonev. 1. transitive. To work with a herringbone stitch. Also absol. or intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > embroider or ornament with sewing > in other ways couchc1405 clock1521 nerve1532 re-embroider1659 herringbone1787 hem-stitcha1839 wavela1844 to lay on1880 darn1882 faggot1883 feather-stitch1884 overcast1891 clox1922 needlepoint1975 1787 S. Trimmer Œcon. Charity 79 Plain linen Caps, with binders herring-boned with coloured Cruel. 1873 R. Broughton Nancy II. 101 She has been teaching me how to herring-bone. 1880 Plain Hints 25 The raw edge should be herring-boned down about four or six threads deep. 2. transitive. To mark with a herringbone pattern. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > pattern [verb (transitive)] > geometric diaperc1400 chevron1543 diaprize1626 chequer1633 dice1694 check1798 herringbone1887 1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders III. v. 101 A sanded floor, herring-boned with a broom. 1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders III. xv. 307 The herring-boned sand of the floor. 3. To make (a wall, floor, etc.) of herringbone work. ΚΠ 1907 W. De Morgan Alice-for-Short ix A 'erring-boned brick floor. 4. Skiing. (See herringbone n. 1e.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > ski [verb (intransitive)] > actions of skier run1654 sidestep1894 herringbone1904 traverse1905 side-skid1906 side-slip1913 sitzmark1935 angulate1963 schuss1963 unweight1981 1904 [see herringboning n. at Derivatives]. 1914 Queen 17 Jan. 128/2 He climbed very quickly, looking uncommonly like a monkey up a stick as he herring-boned in jerks up the slope. 1919 Cent. Mag. May 43/1 ‘You're herring-boning!’ shouted Dean. ‘Don't herring-bone! We'll come to that later.’ 1946 H. Croome Faithless Mirror 55 Half a dozen boys herringboning up from the road. 1946 H. Croome Faithless Mirror 67 Half a dozen skiers herringboned up the trail towards them. Derivatives ˈherringboned adj. ΚΠ 1907 [see sense 3]. herringboning n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > [noun] > actions of skier side slipping1832 herringbone1904 herringboning1904 traverse1905 side-slip1913 ploughing1924 sitzmark1930 schussing1961 angulation1963 unweighting1969 1904 D. M. M. C. Somerville et al. Ski-running 35 (caption) Herring-boning. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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