/ · 1894 Brewer’s · H · Herring-bone (in building)
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Courses of stone laid angularly, thus:
Also a peculiar stitch in needlework, chiefly used in working flannel.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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