In the first union flag, the red cross of St George with the white fimbriationthat represented-the original white field was simply imposed upon the white saltire of St Andrew with its blue field.
Greek cross gules upon a field argent, the field being represented by a narrow fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great Britain.
The scarlet Cross of St. George is equally fringed on either side by the white border or fimbriation that represents the original white field, Fig.
But the white border of our St. George's cross is not, strictly speaking, a fimbriation at all.
In that flag, of which an official copy is now before me, the fimbriation of the Irish saltire is of much greater breadth than it is in the Admiralty flag, while that saltire itself is considerably reduced in breadth.
In other words, a fimbriation was not so strictly defined as to width in 1800 as some persons at the present day would have us believe.
The object of a fimbriation is to prevent colour touching colour or metal touching metal, and, according to modern heraldic rules, it should be as narrow as possible consistent with this result.
The "Draft marked C" showed a fimbriation or border for the St George's cross nearly as wide as the counterchanged saltires[208].
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fimbriation" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
