Lexicographical Neighbors of Fimbriation
Literary usage of Fimbriation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1906)
"Occasional fimbriation of rays probably may occur in any ally of A. ... In the
above, fimbriation seems to occur sporadically ; in A. ..."
2. Heraldry, Historical and Popular by Charles Boutell (1864)
"It will bo observed that the fimbriation lies in the same plane with the Cross,
... Hence there is no shading between the fimbriation and the Cross, ..."
3. The Graphic and Historical Illustrator: An Original Miscellany of Literary by E W Brayley (1834)
"But even admitting that a fimbriation should not extend all round the Cross, ...
Although the fimbriation of the Cross of St. George in 1707, is conjectured ..."
4. Flags of the World, Past and Present: Their Story and Associations by William John Gordon, Frederick Edward Hulme (1915)
"This is in no sense a fimbriation ; it represents two crosses, ... According to
Sir J ohn Laughton " a fimbriation is a narrow border to separate colour ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Thus bolh ihe Irish and Scottish saltires can be easily distinguished from one
another, whilst the red saltire has its due while fimbriation. ..."
6. A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp, Brooke Heckstall-Smith (1900)
"It will be seen in the diagram made from the Admiralty regulations given further
on, but a border so broad is not a fimbriation at all. ..."
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