Bible Dictionaries
Parceling

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of dividing and distributing in portions or parts.

(2):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parcel

(3):

(n.) 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 stayes, etc.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Parceling'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/parceling.html. 1828.