fimbriatedadj.
/ˈfɪmbrɪeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈfɪmbriˌeɪdᵻd/ a. Heraldry. Of a bearing: Bordered with a narrow band or edge.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > having narrow or differentiated border
fimbriated1486
purfled1562
fimbriate1870
1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. D j a Thys cros fimbriatit or borderit.
1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 174 He beareth B on a crosse Gewles fimbriated or bordured Argent.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vii. 73 In the Crosse fimbriated the edges thereof doe occupie the least portion thereof.
1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xxi. §1. 356 A pall of the last, fimbriated and fringed gold.
b. gen. Having a fringe; fringed. Chiefly in scientific applications, as Anatomy, Botany, Zoology.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > villosity or ciliation > [adjective] > bordered with hair
fimbrious1657
fimbriated1698
fimbriate1836
fimbricated1879
1698 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 405 A Calyx whose Divisions are fimbriated.
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 153 The small, flatted, and, as it were, fimbriated Porcellana.
1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. xxi. 272 The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tubes.
1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised vi. 283 The labellum is covered with longitudinal and fimbriated ridges.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 154 Tentacles, which may be slender and conical, or short, broad and fimbriated.
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adj.1486