Hypertext Webster Gateway: "imbrication"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Imbrication \Im`bri*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. imbrication.]
An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles;
hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration
representing such a structure.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
imbrication
n : covering with a design in which one element covers a part of
another (as with tiles or shingles) [syn: {overlapping},
{lapping}]
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