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Meaning of herringboned | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Having a herringbone (zigzag) pattern.

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

herringlike Herschelian herstoric herstorical Hertzian Herulian