fimbriation

American  

[fim-bree-ey-shuhn] / ˌfɪm briˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

Botany, Zoology.

1. fimbriate or fringed condition.

2. a fringe or fringelike part.

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Etymology

Origin of fimbriation

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.

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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 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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To so combine these three crosses without losing the distinctive features of each was not easy; each cross must be distinct, and retain equally distinct its fimbriation, or bordering, which denotes the original ground.

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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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