ˈland-surˌveying
The process, art, or profession of measuring, and making plans of, landed property.
| 1771 Breaks (title) A complete system of Land-Surveying. 1849 Chambers Inform. II. 623/1 Trigonometry..is of great importance..in land-surveying. Ibid. 624/1 A principle of measuring by triangles, which is common alike to land-surveying and the trigonometrical surveys of engineers. 1858 Simmonds Dict. Trade, Land-surveying Chain-maker, a manufacturer of the chain-links used by surveyors. |