Crossword clues for houndstooth
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also hound's tooth, as a design pattern, 1936, so called for resemblance.
Wiktionary
n. A fabric pattern of broken checks
WordNet
Wikipedia
Houndstooth, hounds tooth check or hound's tooth (and similar spellings), also known as dogstooth, dogtooth, dog's tooth, or pied-de-poule, is a duotone textile pattern characterized by broken checks or abstract four-pointed shapes, often in black and white, although other colours are used. The classic houndstooth pattern is an example of a tessellation.
A smaller scale version of the pattern can be referred to as puppytooth.
Usage examples of "houndstooth".
He sat in the middle of his earthtone houndstooth sofa and looked like a stickman with his ankles crossed, his clasped hands between his knees, and a big smile on his crinkly face.
Oh, part of him wanted to peel off the houndstooth coat and let the Doolings eyeball his gun.
He turned and saw Andrew Case in a spiffy houndstooth jacket instead of Seth Garin in a pair of MotoKops Underoos decorated with reddish-orange blobs of Chef Boyardee sauce.