Definition of parcelling Parcelling

/pˈɑːsəlɪŋ/

We found 7 definitions of parcelling from 6 different sources.

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parcelling - /pˈɑːsəlɪŋ/

parceling - /pɑˈɹsʌlɪŋ/

Noun
parcelling - 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"
		allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, assignation
		distribution the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
		reallotment, reapportionment, reallocation a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
		deal the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"
		rationing the act of rationing; "during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline"

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parcelling (Noun)
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.

parcelling
certain long narrow slips of canvas, daubed with tar, and frequently bound about a rope, in the same manner as bandages are applied to a broken limb in surgery.
This is chiefly practised when the said rope is intended to be served, at which time the parcelling is laid in spiral turns, as smoothly upon the surface as possible, that the rope may not become uneven and full of ridges. It is also employed to raise the mouses, which are formed on the stays and on the voyal being firmly fastened by marling it from one end to the other.
parcelling
a seam, is laying a shred of canvas upon it, and daubing it over with melted pitch, both above and below the canvas.