IMBRICATE

imbricate. Imbricate, a. lapped over each other like tiles

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{ Im″bri‐cate (?), Im″bri‐ca′ted (?), } a. [[L. imbricatus, p. p. of imbricare to cover with tiles, to form like a gutter tile, fr. imbrex, -icis, a hollow tile, gutter tile, fr. imber rain.]] 1. 1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
2. 2. 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 æstivation.
3. 3. In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.