In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
IMBRICATION
imbrication, overlapping, lapping
(noun) covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
imbrication (countable and uncountable, plural imbrications)
A set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish.
(medicine) Overlapping of layers of tissue in wound closure or correctional surgery.
(geology) A sedimentary deposition in which small, flat stones are tiled in the same direction so that they overlap.
(linguistics) A phenomenon occurring in many Bantu languages in which morphemes interweave in certain morphophonological conditions.
Source: Wiktionary
Im`bri*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. imbrication.]
Definition: An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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