foliature
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]foliature
- (obsolete) Foliage; leafage.
- 1728, Samuel Shuckford, The Sacred and Profane History of the World:
- They wreathed together a foliature of the fig-tree, and made themselves enwrapments.
- 1832, The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, page 310:
- It consisted of the conical cerveillere, superbly inlaid with gold foliature, […]
- 1853, John Holland, A Treatise on the Progressive Improvement & Present State of the Manufactures in Metal: Iron and steel, page 191:
- […] inlaid with polished steel, and overlaid with burnished brass, or bronze foliature, or scroll-work.