1. herringbone(n = noun.artifact) - a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern;
is a kind of cloth, fabric, material, textile
2. herringbone(n = noun.artifact) herringbone pattern - a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way; it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery;
is a kind of design, figure, pattern
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. [1913 Webster]