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Doublehelical vs Herringbone - What's the difference?

doublehelical | herringbone |

Doublehelical is likely misspelled.


Doublehelical has no English definition.

As a noun herringbone is

a bone of a herring.

As a verb herringbone is

to stitch in a herringbone pattern.

doublehelical

Not English

Doublehelical has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

herringbone

English

Alternative forms

* herring-bone

Noun

(en noun)
  • A bone of a herring
  • * 1884: Samuel Smiles, Men of Invention and Industry
    • The prosperity of Amsterdam was then so great that it was said that Amsterdam was "founded on herring-bones ."
  • A zigzag pattern, especially made by bricks, on a cloth, or by stitches in sewing
  • * 1861: Charlotte Yonge, The Young Step-Mother
    • 'The best path of life is but a herring-bone pattern.'
  • * 1922: James Joyce, Ulysses
    • Mr Bloom walked behind the eyeless feet, a flatcut suit of herringbone tweed.
  • (skiing) A method of climbing a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.
  • Twilled fabric woven in rows of parallel sloping lines

    • Verb

    (herringbon)
  • To stitch in a herringbone pattern.
  • * 1899 , Israel Zangwill, "They that Walk in Darkness": Ghetto Tragedies (page 289)
    • When, at the head-centre, the lady demonstrator, armed with a Brobdingnagian whalebone needle, threaded with a bright red cord, executed herringboned fantasias on a canvas frame resembling a violin stand, it all looked easy enough.
  • (skiing) To climb a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.