Hĕr'ring-bōne, a.

adjective

a. Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions.

Herring-bone masonry, masonry with rows of stones laid sloping in different directions in alternate rows. Gault. — Herring-bone stitch, a kind of cross-stitch in seams. Simmonds.

A rectangular panel shows rows of diagonal masonry blocks arranged in a herringbone pattern. — Herring-bone Masonry.