mereing

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noun

An administrative or property boundary on a map.

OriginOld English mǣre ← Proto-Germanic *mēriją ← Proto-Indo-European *mey- →
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Meanings

nounmereing (plural mereings)

plural mereings

  1. cartographyAn 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.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-“to fence”
  2. Proto-Germanic*mēriją“boundary”
  3. Old Englishmǣre“boundary, limit”
  4. Englishmereing

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”).

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APA

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MLA

“mereing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mereing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mereing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mereing.

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