a pattern consisting of columns of short parallel lines, with all the lines in one column sloping one way and all the lines in the next column sloping the other way so as to resemble the bones in a fish, for example as used in the weave of cloth

a grey herringbone tweed jacket

a method of ascending a slope by walking up it with the skis pointing outwards

mark with a herringbone pattern

the bog was herringboned with scars where peat had been cut

ascend a slope using the herringbone technique

we learnt how to herringbone up the hills and swoosh down them