foliature
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of foliature
First recorded in 1670–80, foliature is from the Late Latin word foliātūra foliage. See foliate, -ure
Example Sentences
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The rest mounted vp so much as the lower bignesse of the vessell was, beeing closed vp at the orifice with an inuerse foliature.
From Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame by Dallington, Robert
The lower turning about, where the couer did close with the vessell being of two parts, ioyned togither with an excellent foliature, halfe a foote broad, as if they had bin inseparable.
From Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame by Dallington, Robert
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