Cover with canvas, as of rope

• The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning
• Make into a parcel
• Divide into parts

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (context British English) (present participle of parcel English) n. (context nautical English) One of the long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served; used also in mousing on the stays, etc. ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land" cover with strips of canvas; "parcel rope" make into a wrapped container [also: parcelling , parcelled ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Parcel \Par"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parceled or Parcelled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Parceling or Parcelling .] To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often with out or into. ``Their woes are parceled, mine are general.'' --Shak. These ghostly ...