[f. L. fimbria fringe + -ATE3. Cf. L. fimbriātus fringed.] trans. To finish or decorate with a border of any kind.
1486. [see FIMBRIATED].
1639. Fuller, Holy War, V. xxiv. 271. Besides the divers tricking or dressing [heraldick crosses]; as piercing, voiding, fimbriating.