Lexicographical Neighbors of Herringboning
Literary usage of Herringboning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Household Sewing with Home Dressmaking by Bertha Banner (1898)
"Firstly, by turning both edges down together on to the flannel and protecting
them with one row of herringboning. Secondly, by opening the seam, ..."
2. Handbook of the New Code of Regulations 1880,and Other Official Instructions by John F Moss (1880)
"herringboning.—A flannel petticoat. Darning and simple marking, on canvas. ...
herringboning.—Any garment which will show this stitch. Cutting out. ..."
3. Memorandum Giving Some Account of the Reformatory and Industrial Schools of ...by Great Britain Chief Inspector by Great Britain Chief Inspector (1904)
"Darning and herringboning on canvas. (vi.) Turning down a broad hem and ...
In flannel, running and herringboning. (6.) In calico, sew and fell seam, ..."
4. The school board and school attendance committee directory, ed. by R. Gowing edited by Richard Gowing (1878)
"herringboning.—A flannel petticoat. Knitting.—(4 needles). Plain and purled
alternately,eg, ... herringboning.—Any garment which will show this stitch. ..."
5. West Ham: A Study in Social and Industrial Problems; Being the Report of the by Outer London Inquiry Committee (1907)
"=1 buttonhole, buttons, silk herringboning, &c. 3d. to 4£d. = 1 „ „ „ The coarse
slop-work is disliked by the better workers. One reason for this is that ..."
6. Automobile Driving Self-taught: An Exhaustive Treatise on the Operation by Thomas Herbert Russell (1909)
"Get him to sew a piece of rawhide inside the cover, bringing the stitches through
to the outside and herringboning over the gash so as to draw the lips ..."
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