Meanings
present singular third person interrules · participle present interruling · participle past interruled · past interruled
- Mark with straight lines between or among pre-existing straight lines.
The picture being completed, it is ruled over in square, each of about twelve inches. These are again interruled with small squares, which correspond with the threads of which the finished work is to consist.
1860, Andrew Ure, edited by Robert Hunt, Ure’s Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, fifth edition, volume III, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, s.v. mosaic wool work, page 205
Origin
From inter- (“in the midst of”) + rule (“mark with straight lines”).
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