† metelinen.

Forms: 1500s meeteline, 1500s metelyne, 1500s metline.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mete v.¹, line n.²

Etymology: < mete v.¹ + line n.² Compare Dutch meetlijn.

Obsolete.

A measuring line.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > measuring line

measure line1535

meteline1535

measuring line1611

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. iv. 2 A metelyne of thirtie cubites.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xi. 63 Hee..hath stretched out his meeteline to appoint euery people their countrey to dwell in.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	meteline
释义	† metelinen. Forms: 1500s meeteline, 1500s metelyne, 1500s metline. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mete v.¹, line n.² Etymology: < mete v.¹ + line n.² Compare Dutch meetlijn. Obsolete. A measuring line. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > measuring line measure line1535 meteline1535 measuring line1611 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. iv. 2 A metelyne of thirtie cubites. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xi. 63 Hee..hath stretched out his meeteline to appoint euery people their countrey to dwell in. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1535
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