"fimbriation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fimbriations [plural]
Etymology: fimbriate + -ion Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fimbriate|ion}} fimbriate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fimbriation (countable and uncountable, plural fimbriations)
  1. (uncountable, heraldry, 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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Heraldry, Flags
    Sense id: en-fimbriation-en-noun-MDdZEZnv Disambiguation of Flags: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 73 27 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  2. (countable, heraldry, flags) Such a stripe. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Heraldry, Flags
    Sense id: en-fimbriation-en-noun-LEzxPq6B Disambiguation of Flags: 46 54 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics

Inflected forms

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