fimbriated
/ˈfɪm.bɹi.eɪ.tɪd/
fimbriated is the simple past and past participle of fimbriate.
Adjective
fimbriated (not comparable)
- Having a fimbriation, a thin border of a specified tincture.
- Having a fringe or border of hairlike or fingerlike projections.
Meaning of fimbriate
Verb
fimbriate (third-person singular simple present fimbriates, present participle fimbriating, simple past and past participle fimbriated)
- To fringe; to hem.
- To apply a thin border (a fimbriation) to some element, often to satisfy the rule of tincture.
- Beſides the divers tricking or dreſſing, as piercing, voiding, fimbriating, ingrailing, couping: And in fanſie and devices there is ſtill a plus ultrá; inſomuch that Croſſes alone as they are variouſly diſguiſed, are enough to diſtinguiſh all the ſeverall families of Gentlemen in England.1639, Thomas Fuller, “Of the Honourable Arms in Scutcheons of Nobilitie Occasioned by Their Service in the Holy Warre”, in The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck...
Synonyms of fimbriated
Origin of fimbriated
See fimbriate.
Questions about fimbriated
- What does fimbriated mean?
- Fimbriated means having a fimbriation, a thin border of a specified tincture.
- What is fimbriated the simple past and past participle of?
- Fimbriated is the simple past and past participle of fimbriate.
- What part of speech is fimbriated?
- Fimbriated is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce fimbriated?
- Fimbriated is pronounced /ˈfɪm.bɹi.eɪ.tɪd/.
Words near fimbriated in the dictionary
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