Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
HERRINGBONE
herringbone
(noun) a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern
herringbone, herringbone pattern
(noun) 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
herringbone (plural herringbones)
A bone of a herring
A zigzag pattern, especially made by bricks, on a cloth, or by stitches in sewing
(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
herringbone (third-person singular simple present herringbones, present participle herringboning, simple past and past participle herringboned)
To stitch in a herringbone pattern.
(skiing) To climb a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.
Source: Wiktionary
Her"ring*bone", a.
Definition: 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. Herringbone stitch, a kind of cross-stitch in needlework, chiefly used in flannel. Simmonds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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