Herringbone may refer to: *

Herring-Bone (card game) Herringbone is a Solitaire (game), solitaire card game played with 104 playing cards. It is also commonly known as Pigtail, Braid or by its original German name, "Der Zopf". While the game demands relatively little planning, it serves as a moderatel ...

, a game of patience *

Herringbone (cloth) Herringbone, also called broken twill weave, describes a distinctive V-shaped weaving pattern usually found in twill fabric. It is distinguished from a plain chevron by the break at reversal, which makes it resemble a broken zigzag. The patter ...

, a woven pattern of tweed or twill cloth *

Herringbone (formation) A Herringbone is one type of tactical formation (named after the Herringbone pattern). When in a Herringbone formation, the person at the front of the squad faces forward, while the rest of the squad lines up behind them, facing alternately left ...

, a type of military formation *

Herringbone (horse) Herringbone (1940 – September 1961) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare, best known for winning two Classics in 1943. The filly won four times from ten races in a track career which lasted from spring 1942 until September 1943. A ...

(1940–1961), a Thoroughbred racehorse *

Herringbone cross-stratification Herringbone cross-stratification is a type of sedimentary structure formed in tidal areas, such as tidal flats, where the current periodically flows in the opposite direction. Formation During the conventional formation process of cross-stratifica ...

, a sedimentary structure in geology that is formed from back-and-forth tidal water flow *

Herringbone gear A herringbone gear, a specific type of double helical gear, is a side-to-side, rather than face-to-face, combination of two helical gears of opposite hands. From the top, each helical groove of this gear looks like the letter V, and many togeth ...

, a type of gear *

Herringbone pattern The herringbone pattern is an arrangement of rectangles used for floor tilings and road pavement, so named for a fancied resemblance to the bones of a fish such as a herring. The blocks can be rectangles or parallelograms. The block edge lengt ...

, a pattern of floor tiling or paving *

Herringbone seating A herringbone seating arrangement describes the positioning of seats partially and equally askew in one direction. As the name suggests, the arrangement of the seats looks very similar to the skeleton of a fish, and has been called "fish-bone seat ...

, a pattern of airliner seating *A bonding pattern of brickwork, also known as

opus spicatum ''Opus spicatum'', literally "spiked work," is a type of masonry construction used in Roman architecture, Roman and medieval architecture, medieval times. It consists of bricks, tiles or cut Rock (geology), stone laid in a brickwork#Herringbone b ...

Herringbone stitch A herringbone stitch is a needlework stitch used in embroidery, knitting and crochet. It is so named as it resembles the bones extending from the spine of a herring fish. In knitting, it is a stitch that creates a fabric pattern closely resemblin ...

*A type of braided hairstyle, which is also known as a fishtail braid *A distortion pattern from deinterlacing video called

mouse teeth Deinterlacing is the process of converting interlaced video into a non-interlaced or Progressive scan, progressive form. Interlaced video signals are commonly found in analog television, VHS, Laserdisc, digital television (HDTV) when in the 1080 ...

*A method of counting used with the

unary numeral system The unary numeral system is the simplest numeral system to represent natural numbers: to represent a number ''N'', a symbol representing 1 is repeated ''N'' times. In the unary system, the number 0 (zero) is represented by the empty string, tha ...

*A technique of moving one's skis while

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing whereby skiers traverse snow-covered terrain without use of ski lifts or other assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreational activity; however, some still use it as a m ...

* Herringbone milking shed *Herringbone, another name for the medical condition

scintillating scotoma Scintillating scotoma is a common visual aura that was first described by 19th-century physician Hubert Airy (1838–1903). Originating from the brain, it may precede a migraine headache, but can also occur acephalgically (without headache), ...

*"Herringbone", a song by Department of Eagles from '' In Ear Park'', 2008

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