houndstooth

noun hounds·tooth \ ˈhau̇n(d)z-ˌtüth \

variants: or less commonly hound's-tooth

Definition of houndstooth

: a usually small broken-check textile pattern; also : a fabric woven in this pattern — called also houndstooth check, hound's-tooth check

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The result was confidently two-faced: a trench coat appended to a jean jacket; a wool peacoat to houndstooth.

— vanessa friedman, New York Times, "In the Russian Embassy With Comme des Garçons, and Other Weirdness," 1 Oct. 2017
Steel-gray rooms have dark wooden furniture and houndstooth-print pillows, along with marble bathrooms and LED screen TVs.

— Condé Nast Traveler, "JW Marriott Minneapolis Mall of America," 20 Oct. 2017
Lively later swapped her ODLR outfit for a Chanel houndstooth jumpsuit that Gigi Hadid had originally worn on the fall 2017 runway.

— stephanie chan, The Hollywood Reporter, "Blake Lively Kicks Off the Week With Five Glam Looks," 17 Oct. 2017
And out came an extraordinary array of classic fabrics — seersuckers and golf club madras and houndstooth — rewoven in tulle and reconceived in the attenuated, exaggerated lines of a nighttime reverie.

— vanessa friedman, New York Times, "The Fashion Dialectic," 4 Oct. 2017
For the third day of London Fashion Week, Gerber stepped out in a houndstooth trouser any mother would approve of.

— mary wang, Vogue, "Kaia Gerber Keeps Her Business Casual With Crop Top and Houndstooth Combo," 16 Sep. 2017
This is broadcaster Romo, clad in a gray houndstooth jacket with his hair neatly gelled.

— kalyn kahler, SI.com, "Talking Football With Tony Romo: The Quarterback Learns How to Talk Football," 1 Sep. 2017
As mentioned above, the car pays homage to the first-generation 911, with an Irish Green exterior color, houndstooth seats, wood interior trim, and a manual gearbox.

— hannah elliott, Bloomberg.com, "Mighty, Cute: The Colorful History of the Best-Selling Porsche 911," 8 Aug. 2017
Meshed sweaters of horizontal stripes tucked into houndstooth pattern trousers turned up into a thick cuff.

— colleen barry, The Seattle Times, "Prada takes inspiration from graphic novels for Milan show," 18 June 2017

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