Houndstooth, houndstooth check or hound's tooth (and similar spellings)'s a duotone textile pattern, characterized by broken checks or abstract four-pointed shapes. The traditional colours are black and white, although nowadays other colours are occasionally substituted for the black. Houndstooth checks originated in woven wool cloth of the Scottish Lowlands, but are now used in many other materials. The traditional houndstooth check's made with alternating bands of four dark and four light thr… (More on Houndstooth)