to determine the dimensions, capacity, weight, and other details of (a vessel), as for an official registration, documentation, or yacht handicap rating
Derived forms
admeasurement (adˈmeasurement)
noun
Word origin
C14: amesuren, from Old French amesurer, from mesurer to measure; the modern form derives from ad- + measure
admeasure in American English
(ædˈmɛʒər)
verb transitiveWord forms: adˈmeasured or adˈmeasuring
to measure out shares of; apportion
Word origin
ME amesuren < OFr admesurer < ML admensurare: see ad- & measure