IMBRICATION


Meaning of IMBRICATION in English

/im'bri kay"sheuhn/ , n.

1. an overlapping, as of tiles or shingles.

2. a decoration or pattern resembling this.

3. Surg. overlapping of layers of tissue in the closure of wounds or in the correction of defects.

4. Geol. shingling.

[ 1640-50; IMBRICATE + -ION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .