adj. /fim"bree it, -ayt'/ ; v. /fim"bree ayt'/ , adj., v., fimbriated, fimbriating .
adj.
1. Also, fimbriated . Bot., Zool. having a border of hairs or filiform processes.
v.t.
2. Heraldry. to line (an ordinary) with a thin border of a different tincture.
[ 1480-90; fimbriatus fringed. See FIMBRIA, -ATE 1 ]