The houndstooth pattern is a form of check.<p>Wikipedia entry for Houndstooth pattern:<p>&quot;Houndstooth, hounds tooth check or hound&#x27;s tooth (and similar spellings), also known as dogstooth, dogtooth, dog&#x27;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.&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Houndstooth" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Houndstooth</a><p>Wikipedia entry for Check - Use in fabrics:<p>&quot;Check-patterned fabrics display bands in two or more colours in woven cloth.&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Check_%28pattern%29" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Check_%28pattern%29</a><p>Wikipedia, definition of keffiyeh:<p>&quot;Its distinctive standard woven checkered pattern may have originated in an ancient Mesopotamian representation of either fishing nets or ears of grain,[2] but the true origin of the pattern remains unknown.&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Keffiyeh" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Keffiyeh</a>