imbricationn.

/ɪmbrɪˈkeɪʃən/

Etymology: noun of action: see imbricate v.

†1. ? The dropping of water from roof-tiles. Obsolete.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 68 Robbing the Eyes of their natural Pent-house or Water-table, they expose them bare to imbrications.

†2. (See quots.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > cladding with tiles or slates > work consisting of

tiling1526

imbrication1656

tile-hanging1932

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Imbrication, a covering with Tile.

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Imbrication, a..bending like a gutter~tile, also a covering with tile.

3. An overlapping as of tiles; a decorative pattern imitative of this.

ΘΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [noun] > arrangement in overlapping layers

loricationa1706

imbrication1713

interlapping1889

shingling1903

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. viii. iv. 408 A well-made Tegument, beset with Bristles, adorned with neat Imbrications.

1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 247 Their edges also overlap each other, presenting the appearance of imbrication, to use the language of botanists.

1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 327 Shell..armed in front with rasp-like imbrications.

1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 43 The imbrication of the spinous first dorsal fin.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	imbrication
释义	imbricationn. /ɪmbrɪˈkeɪʃən/ Etymology: noun of action: see imbricate v. †1. ? The dropping of water from roof-tiles. Obsolete. Π 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 68 Robbing the Eyes of their natural Pent-house or Water-table, they expose them bare to imbrications. †2. (See quots.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > cladding with tiles or slates > work consisting of tiling1526 imbrication1656 tile-hanging1932 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Imbrication, a covering with Tile. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Imbrication, a..bending like a gutter~tile, also a covering with tile. 3. An overlapping as of tiles; a decorative pattern imitative of this. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [noun] > arrangement in overlapping layers loricationa1706 imbrication1713 interlapping1889 shingling1903 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. viii. iv. 408 A well-made Tegument, beset with Bristles, adorned with neat Imbrications. 1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 247 Their edges also overlap each other, presenting the appearance of imbrication, to use the language of botanists. 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 327 Shell..armed in front with rasp-like imbrications. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 43 The imbrication of the spinous first dorsal fin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1650
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