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ˈland-measure
†a. Measurement of land (obs.).
b. Any of the denominations of measurement used in stating the area of land (e.g. the acre, the rood, etc.); also applied as a name for the system of such denominations in current use.
1611Cotgr., Latte..a Land-measure..in some places longer then in other. 1662Atwell Faithf. Surveyor i. 1 Of errours in Land-measure. 1857Boucher Mensuration 5 Land Measure by Gunter's Chain. 100 linear links = 1 linear chain. 1900Addy in N. & Q. 20 Oct. 303/1 (heading) English and Roman Land Measures.
So ˈland-measuring, -measurement, the art or process of determining by measurement the area of lands, fields, farms, etc.: properly a subordinate branch of land-surveying, but the terms are often used synonymously.
1570Dee Math. Pref. 14 Other Philosophers, writing Rules for land measuring. 1849Chambers' Inform. II. 624/1 The principle of throwing the area of any given field or set of fields into triangular spaces, is that pursued in all processes of land-measurement. Ibid. 624/2 In land-measuring, the scale of operations is ordinarily too limited to require any such allowance for difference of levels. |