fimbriation

[fim-bree-ey-shuhn]

noun

Botany, Zoology.

1. fimbriate or fringed condition.

2. a fringe or fringelike part.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fimbriation¹

First recorded in 1860–65, fimbriation is from the Medieval Latin word fimbriātiōn- (stem of fimbriātiō ). See fimbriate, -ion

Example Sentences

A fimbriation," he says, "is a narrow border to prevent the unpleasing effect of metal on metal or colour on colour.

From Project Gutenberg

In that flag, of which an official copy is now before me, the fimbriation of the Irish saltire is of much greater breadth than it is in the Admiralty flag, while that saltire itself is considerably reduced in breadth.

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But the white border of our St. George's cross is not, strictly speaking, a fimbriation at all.

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In the first union flag, the red cross of St George with the white fimbriation that represented-the original white field was simply imposed upon the white saltire of St Andrew with its blue field.

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Thus both the Irish and Scottish saltires can be easily distinguished from one another, whilst the red saltire has its due white fimbriation.

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