interrule
English edit
Etymology edit
inter- (“in the midst of”) + rule (“mark with straight lines”)
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
interrule (third-person singular simple present interrules, present participle interruling, simple past and past participle interruled)
- Mark with straight lines between or among pre-existing straight lines.
- 1860, Andrew Ure, edited by Robert Hunt, Ure’s Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, fifth edition, volume III, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, s.v. mosaic wool work, page 205:
- The picture being completed, it is ruled over in square, each of about twelve inches. These are again interruled with small squares, which correspond with the threads of which the finished work is to consist.
Translations edit
mark with straight lines between or among pre-existing straight lines
Further reading edit
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Inter-, prefix. · I.1.a”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes V (H–K), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 381, column 1.
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Rule, v. · III.10”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 884, column 3.