fimbriate

1. (transitive) To fringe; to hem.transitive

2. (transitive, heraldry) To apply a thin border (a fimbriation) to some element, often to satisfy the rule of tincture.Examples: "Beſides the divers tricking or dreſſing, as piercing, voiding, fimbriating, ingrailing, couping: And in fanſie and devices there is ſtill a plus ultrá; inſomuch that Croſſes alone as they are variouſly diſguiſed, are enough to diſtinguiſh all the ſeverall families of Gentlemen in England."transitive