imbrication

[ im-bri-key-shuhn ]

noun

an overlapping, as of tiles or shingles.
a decoration or pattern resembling this.

Surgery. overlapping of layers of tissue in the closure of wounds or in the correction of defects.
Geology. shingling.

Origin of imbrication

¹

First recorded in 1640–50; imbricate + -ion

Words Nearby imbrication

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How to use imbrication in a sentence

The fillets are set one upon another, apparently without the usual imbrication.
Pottery of the ancient Pueblos. (1886 N 04 / 1882-1883 (pages 257-360)) | William Henry Holmes
This imbrication is frequently of an exquisite, dull, reddish brown over an old soft yellow.
Alaska | Ella Higginson

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