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
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.