houndstooth

Reader's　Digest 7/8月合併号の単語クイズ "Word Power" はファッションと衣服に関係する単語の特集でした。

私には余り関心のない分野なので私は15問中たったの8問しか分かりませんでしたが、一つだけ覚えたいと思った単語がありました。　それは　"" で、答えは "checked pattern" でした。例文は "Should I go with the houndstooth or the classic plaid for my new golf pants? Mona asked.

・Oxford English Dictionary: A large checked pattern with notched corners suggestive of a canine tooth, typically used in cloth for jackets and suits.: as modifier ‘a houndstooth jacket’

・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.

百聞は一見にしかず、なので写真を貼り付けます。