imbrico

Definitiones

1. to cover with pantiles
   conjugation-1, no-perfect, obsolete
2. to form like a pantile
   conjugation-1, no-perfect

Exempla

“[…], cum ab angulis quadrifariam concurrentia dorsa cristarum tegulis interiacentibus imbricarentur”

[…], with the ridges of the crests meeting quadrifariously and interlaced with overlapping tiles

“Incerta vero⟳ caementa alia super alia sedentia inter seque imbricata non speciosam sed firmiorem quam reticulata praestant structuram.”

Uncertain rubble stones, placed one on top of the other and overlapping together, provide a structure that is not as visually appealing as the reticulated one but more solid.

“Cypriam esse folio⟳ brevi, nigro⟳, per margines imbricato crispam.”

The Cyprian one had short, black leaves, crisped along the edges like tiles.

Gradus CEFR