houndstooth.
A two-colour fabric pattern of broken checks.
Meaning & usage
A two-colour fabric pattern of broken checks.
Fabric with a houndstooth pattern; an item of clothing made with such fabric.
Hound's tongue, a plant of species Cynoglossum officinale
Where this word comes from
From hound + -s- + tooth, from its appearance. Although the pattern itself is archaeologically found from time immemorial, the modern term is first attested in 1936.
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