“imbrex”的英文意思

单词

imbrex

释义

‖ imbrex|ˈɪmbrɛks|
Pl. imbrices |ˈɪbrɪsiːz|.
[L. imbrex, f. imber a rain-shower.]
1. Archæol. A curved roof-tile (see quot. 1857).
1857Birch Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 165 The joints of the flat roof tiles were covered by the imbrex, or rain-tile, which was made semi-cylindrical, the sides generally upright with an arched top.Ibid. II. 229. 1888 Jrnl. Anthrop. Inst. Feb. 193 The absence of ‘imbrices’, which are a necessary adjunct in the formation of a Roman tiled roof.
2. One of the scales or overlapping pieces of an imbrication.
1890in Cent. Dict.

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