parcelmentn.
/ˈpɑːslm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈpɑrs(ə)lm(ə)nt/ Division (of land) into parcels.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] > division into parcels or portions > specific land
partising1388
cantoning1625
partitioning1802
parcelment1847
1847 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 14 560 That [small holdings]..have succeeded in the Channel Islands..is owing not so much to the plan of parcelment, as to the state of tenure.
1866 Debow's Rev. Oct. 392 The moral influence of the parcelment of land is not more striking than the material progress.
1921 Geogr. Rev. 11 171 A landowner has the right to possess only one farm. However, exceptions will be made where the parcelment of large and well managed properties would be detrimental to the interests of the country.
1961 E. Fitzgerald tr. S. Labin Anthill xix. 434 The same phases of agricultural collectivisation: deportations,..return to land parcelment, renewed denunciation of the new kulaks, re-collectivisation, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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