1) Covering 2) French word used in English 3) Lapping 4) Overlapping 5) Shingling 1) Lapping 
Imbrication is the arrangement of planar bodies such that they stack in a consistent fashion - rather like a toppled run of dominoes. ...[sedimentology] In sedimentology imbrication refers to a primary depositional fabric consisting of a preferred orientation of clasts such that they overlap one another in a consistent fashion, rather like a run of toppled dominoes. Imbrication is observed in conglomerates and some volcaniclastic deposits. ==Types of imbrication== ===Relatio...
• (n.) An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure.
The operative overlapping of layers of tissue in the closure of wounds or the repair of defects. ... Origin: see imbricate ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
Overlapping of shingles or tiles
Im`bri·ca'tion noun [ Confer French imbrication .] An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: im′bri-kā′shŭn Definitions: 1. The operative overlapping of layers of tissue in the closure of wounds or the repair of defects.
[n] - covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
overlapping noun covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
an overlapping, as of tiles or shingles. · a decoration or pattern resembling this. · overlapping of layers of tissue in the closure of wounds or in the correction of defects. · shingling.