mereing
mereing · mereings
An administrative or property boundary on a mapAn administrative or property boundary on a map.
Meaning
2 sensesAn administrative or property boundary on a map.
The process of deciding upon the boundary's position.
Origin
From Middle English, from Old English mǣre (“boundary, limit”), from Proto-Germanic *mērijFrom 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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