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mereing

mereing noun: an administrative or property boundary on a map.

Noun

mereing (plural mereings)

  1. An administrative or property boundary on a map.
    • Mereings on O.S. maps show to which field or enclosure the boundary fence […] belongs […]1934, Ordnance Survey, Notes on CB, Parish and other Boundaries
  2. The process of deciding upon the boundary's position.

Forms of mereing

pluralmereings

Origin of mereing

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”).

Questions about mereing

What does mereing mean?
Mereing means an administrative or property boundary on a map.
What part of speech is mereing?
Mereing is a noun.
What is the plural of mereing?
The plural of mereing is mereings.

Words near mereing in the dictionary

  1. Merediths
  2. Merefa
  3. Meregate
  4. mereheadite
  5. Merei
  6. mereing
  7. mereings
  8. mereiterite
  9. mereletinib
  10. merels
  11. merely

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