the marking of limits or boundaries
Brit the separation of areas of work to be carried out by members of particular trade unions
a demarcation dispute
The word was orig used in the phrase line of demarcation (translating Spanish linea de demarcación and Portuguese linha de demarcação), a line fixed by the pope in 1493 which separated Spanish and Portuguese territories in the New World
Spanish demarcación and Portuguese demarcação, from demarcar to delimit, from de- + marcar to mark, ultimately of Germanic origin. The word was orig used in the phrase line of demarcation (translating Spanish linea de demarcación and Portuguese linka de demarcação), a line fixed by the pope in 1493 which separated Spanish and Portuguese territories in the New World