▪ I. fenestrate, a.
(fɪˈnɛstrət)
[ad. L. fenestrāt-us, pa. pple. of fenestrāre, f. fenestra.]
1. Having small perforations or openings like a window. Chiefly Bot. and Zool.
| 1835 Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) II. 21 The..phragma has a slit in its centre, and is said to be fenestrate. 1846 Dana Zooph. (1848) 514 Parietes fenestrate. 1860 Balfour Man. Bot. §555 The replum..sometimes exhibits perforations, becoming fenestrate. 1874 M. C. Cooke Fungi 132 The sporidia in Hysterium proper are..sometimes fenestrate. |
2. Entom. = fenestrated 3.
| 1842 in Brande. |
▪ II. fenestrate, v. rare.
(fɪˈnɛstreɪt)
[f. L. fenestrāt- ppl. stem of fenestrāre (f. fenestra); see -ate.]
trans. To furnish (a bandage) with small holes or openings.
| 1887 Lancet 24 Sept. 604/1 Harelip strapping..is fenestrated, and cut into strips. |