▪ I. fimbriate, a.
(ˈfɪmbrɪeɪt)
[ad. L. fimbriāt-us fringed: see -ate2.]
a. Her. = fimbriated. b. Bot. and Zool. Fringed; bordered with hairs or filiform processes.
| 1829 Loudon Encycl. Plants 33 Eleusine..Scales truncate, fimbriate. 1846 Dana Zooph. (1848) 666 Tentacles long fimbriate. 1870 Hooker Stud. Flora 50 Dianthus plumarius..petals fimbriate. 1870 Rolleston Anim. Life 59 The fimbriate..portion of the mantle. |
▪ II. fimbriate, v.
(ˈfɪmbrɪeɪt)
[f. L. fimbria fringe + -ate3. Cf. L. fimbriātus fringed.]
trans. To finish or decorate with a border of any kind.
| 1486 [see fimbriated]. 1639 Fuller Holy War v. xxiv. 271 Besides the divers tricking or dressing [heraldick crosses]; as piercing, voiding, fimbriating. |