单词 | meander line |
释义 | > as lemmasmeander line meander line n. U.S. Surveying a survey line that follows an irregular course, esp. one following the bank of a watercourse or the margin of a body of water; cf. meandered adj. 2. ΚΠ 1875 G. M. Wheeler & D. W. Lockwood Prelim. Rep. Reconnaissance S. & S.E. Nevada 50 So great was the accuracy of these measurements that, taken in connection with the fact that a Casella reconnaissance theodolite was used for the meander of the road traversed, it was unnecessary to reduce meander-lines by the ordinary process of dead-reckoning. 1902 U.S. Rep. (Supreme Court) 185 52 There had been a lake in front of these lots at the time of the survey, which lake had subsequently receded from the platted meander lines. 1967 Appraisal Terminol. & Handbk. (Amer. Inst. Real Estate Appraisers) (ed. 5) 132 Meander line, a line designed to point out the sinuosities of the bank or shore; a survey line to establish the bank or shoreline of a stream or lake. 1999 B. A. Garner Black's Law Dict. (ed. 7) Meander line, a survey line (not a boundary line) on a portion of land, usu. following the course of a river or stream. < as lemmas |
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