Associations to the word «Imbrication»
Wiktionary
IMBRICATION, noun. A set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish
IMBRICATION, noun. (medicine) overlapping of layers of tissue in wound closure or correctional surgery
IMBRICATION, noun. (geology) a sedimentary deposition in which small, flat stones are tiled in the same direction so that they overlap.
Dictionary definition
IMBRICATION, noun. Covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles).
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.