Found 3 items, similar to Parceling.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: parcel
balutan, bingkisan, bungkus, bungkusan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: parceling
parceling
n : the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning;
distribution according to a plan;
“the apportionment of
seats in the House of Representatives is based on the
relative population of each state” [syn:
allotment,
apportionment,
apportioning,
allocation,
parcelling,
assignation]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Parceling
Parcel
\Par"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Parceledor
Parcelled;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Parceling or
Parcelling.]
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1. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often
with out or into.
“Their woes are parceled, mine are
general.” --Shak.
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These ghostly kings would parcel out my power.
--Dryden.
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The broad woodland parceled into farms. --Tennyson.
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2. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize. [R.]
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That mine own servant should
Parcel the sum of my disgraces by
Addition of his envy. --Shak.
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3. To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's
purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.
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To parcel a rope (Naut.), to wind strips of tarred canvas
tightly arround it. --Totten.
To parcel a seam (Naut.), to cover it with a strip of
tarred canvas.
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Parceling
\Par"cel*ing\, n. [Written also parcelling.]
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1. The act of dividing and distributing in portions or parts.
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2. (Naut.) 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 stayes, etc.
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