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fimbriation

fimbriation noun: the use of a thin stripe of a contrasting tincture (colour) around a charge, ordinary or stripe in order to make it stand out from the background.

Noun

fimbriation (countable and uncountable, plural fimbriations)

  1. (uncountable, flags) The use of a thin stripe of a contrasting tincture (colour) around a charge, ordinary or stripe in order to make it stand out from the background.
  2. (countable, flags) Such a stripe.

Forms of fimbriation

pluralfimbriations

Origin of fimbriation

From fimbriate + -ion.

Questions about fimbriation

What does fimbriation mean?
Fimbriation means the use of a thin stripe of a contrasting tincture (colour) around a charge, ordinary or stripe in order to make it stand out from the background.
What part of speech is fimbriation?
Fimbriation is a noun.
What is the plural of fimbriation?
The plural of fimbriation is fimbriations.

Words near fimbriation in the dictionary

  1. fimbriate
  2. fimbriated
  3. fimbriately
  4. fimbriates
  5. fimbriating
  6. fimbriation
  7. fimbriations
  8. fimbricate
  9. fimbricated
  10. fimbriectomies
  11. fimbriectomy

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