- Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile. - 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 aestivation. - In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the
other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface;
an imbricated pattern.