Parcelling

Quick meaning: Parcelling is a verb meaning (British) present participle and gerund of parcel.

Meaning

(British) present participle and gerund of parcel.

More Meanings

1. A system for dividing something up.
2. (more specifically) The division of land into parcels.
3. The manner in which something is structured or packaged for sale, including the use of a specific size, material, color, font, etc.
4. (nautical) One of the long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served; used also in mousing on the stays, etc.

Example Sentences

Spaces of the imagination rather than tidy parcellings.

Near the coast, tidal creeks and high marshland formed a landscape with irregular parcellings.

This effectively prepares the way for the parcelling to produce a smooth finish, prior to serving.

The parcelling of large estates into smaller agricultural units swelled the area of peasants' land by 1,759,000 acres.

Word Forms

• parceling
• parcellings

Synonyms for parcelling

Depending on context, synonyms include allocation, apportionment, allotment, parceling, apportioning.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include apportioning, apportionment, allotment, allocation, carling, berthing.

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