† cultellationn.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French cultellation.

Etymology: < French cultellation (1677 in the passage translated in quot. 1685) < post-classical Latin cultellation- , cultellatio (1611 or earlier) < classical Latin cultellāt- , past participial stem of cultellāre (in land surveying) to measure a horizontal distance by dividing it into sections ( < cultellus knife: see cultellus n.) + -iō -ion suffix¹.

Obsolete.

The solution of a problem by dealing with it piecemeal; spec. (Surveying) the measuring of altitude or horizontal distance over a sloping or uneven surface by dividing it into sections and measuring each section using a chain or tape held up horizontally with a weighted pointer or ‘arrow’ dropped vertically from its end.

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1685 tr. C.-F. Dechales Elem. Euclid Explained i. xxxiii. 70 This way of measuring is called..Cultellation. [Note] Measuring by piecemeal.

1707 Glossographia Anglicana Nova Cultellation, a measuring of Heights or Distances by Piece-meal, that is by Instruments, which give us such Heights or Distances by Parts, and not all at one Operation.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Cultellation,..the measuring of Heights, and Distances, by Piecemeal.

1742 J. Marsh Decimal Arithm. made Perfect iv. 59 A Vulgar Fraction, which is reduced by Cultellation as follows.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	cultellation
释义	† cultellationn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French cultellation. Etymology: < French cultellation (1677 in the passage translated in quot. 1685) < post-classical Latin cultellation- , cultellatio (1611 or earlier) < classical Latin cultellāt- , past participial stem of cultellāre (in land surveying) to measure a horizontal distance by dividing it into sections ( < cultellus knife: see cultellus n.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Obsolete. The solution of a problem by dealing with it piecemeal; spec. (Surveying) the measuring of altitude or horizontal distance over a sloping or uneven surface by dividing it into sections and measuring each section using a chain or tape held up horizontally with a weighted pointer or ‘arrow’ dropped vertically from its end. ΚΠ 1685 tr. C.-F. Dechales Elem. Euclid Explained i. xxxiii. 70 This way of measuring is called..Cultellation. [Note] Measuring by piecemeal. 1707 Glossographia Anglicana Nova Cultellation, a measuring of Heights or Distances by Piece-meal, that is by Instruments, which give us such Heights or Distances by Parts, and not all at one Operation. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Cultellation,..the measuring of Heights, and Distances, by Piecemeal. 1742 J. Marsh Decimal Arithm. made Perfect iv. 59 A Vulgar Fraction, which is reduced by Cultellation as follows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1685
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