- (a.) Lying over each other in regular order, so as to "break joints," like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in aestivation.
- (a.) Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
- (a.) In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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