Mereing
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An administrative or property boundary on a map.
"Mereings on O.S. maps show to which field or enclosure the boundary fence […] belongs […]"
- 2 The process of deciding upon the boundary's position.
Example
More examples"Mereings on O.S. maps show to which field or enclosure the boundary fence […] belongs […]"
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English mǣre (“boundary, limit”), from Proto-Germanic *mēriją (“boundary”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”). Cognate with Dutch meer (“a limit, boundary”), Icelandic mærr (“borderland”), Swedish landamäre (“border, borderline, boundary”).
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