admeasurement

American  

[ad-mezh-er-muhnt] / ædˈmɛʒ ər mənt /

noun

1. the process of measuring.

2. the number, dimensions, or measure of anything.

3. apportionment.

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Etymology

Origin of admeasurement

First recorded in 1590–1600; admeasure + -ment

Example Sentences

Less frequently used as an official unit of admeasurement of merchant ships is displacement tonnage.

From Time Magazine Archive

But a close admeasurement of the distance will disprove the Norwich theory. 

From Pickwickian Studies by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington

This is done by a ribbon, which she puts round the cranium, repeating during the admeasurement a certain prayer or charm from which the operation is to derive its whole efficacy.

From The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

We are thus particular in her admeasurement, because it materially influenced the decision on her complaint.

From Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' by Wight, John

The vessel, then, in the plate is the vessel now mentioned, and the following is her admeasurement as given in by Captain Parrey.

From The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839) by Clarkson, Thomas