noun
A textile pattern of broken checks or jagged checks, often used in fashion. The Japanese term 千鳥格子 (ちどりごうし) is more common.
See also: 千鳥格子
彼女はハウンドトゥースチェックのジャケットを着ていた。
She was wearing a hound's-tooth check jacket.
The native Japanese term for the same pattern; more widely understood and used in everyday contexts.
Loanword from English 'hound's-tooth check'.