What is "parcelling"

Parcel \Par"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parceledor Parcelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Parceling or Parcelling.]

1. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often with out or into. ``Their woes are parceled, mine are general.''
   --Shak.

   These ghostly kings would parcel out my power.
   --Dryden.

   The broad woodland parceled into farms.
   --Tennyson.

2. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize. [R.]

   That mine own servant should Parcel the sum of my disgraces by Addition of his envy.
   --Shak.

3. To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.

   To parcel a rope (Naut.), to wind strips of tarred canvas tightly arround it.
   --Totten.

   To parcel a seam (Naut.), to cover it with a strip of tarred canvas.

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. vb. (context British English) (present participle of parcel English)

n. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" [syn: allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, assignation]

1. n. a wrapped container [syn: package]

2. the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans" [syn: portion, share]

3. an extended area of land [syn: tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land]

4. a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: package, bundle, packet]

5. [also: parcelling, parcelled]

1. v. divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"

2. cover with strips of canvas; "parcel rope"

3. make into a wrapped container

4. [also: parcelling, parcelled]

See parcel