A warp-faced twill weave with a weft interlacing order of over two, under one (or vice versa), with the direction of the diagonal changing after every second weft, on a horizontal axis (horizontal herringbone), and with the face of the weave turned after every third (or fifth) weft yarn, creating a design of horizontal bands.

Excerpt from

Ann Rowe, “Glossary,” in Weaving and Dyeing in Highland Ecuador, edited by Ann Rowe, Laura Miller and Lynn Meisch (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007): 289-295.