▪ I. gisement1
(dʒaɪzmənt)
Also 7 juicement.
[var. gistment.]
(See quot. 1848.)
| 1695 Kennett Par. Antiq. Gloss. s.v. Agistator, Hence our Grasiers now call the foreign cattel, which they take in to keep by the week, Gisements or Juicements. 1829 [see gisting vbl. n. s.v. gist v.]. 1848 Wharton Law Lex., Gisement, cattle which are taken in to graze at a certain price; also the money received for grazing cattle. |
▪ II. ‖ gisement2
(ʒizmɑ̃)
[F. gisement position, f. gis-, gésir to lie.]
The way in which something lies, position.
| 1864 Reader 9 Apr. 463/3 The main part of the evidence lies, of course, in the gisement of the vein. 1897 Archæol. Jrnl. Dec. 333 Rows of relics arranged in cases, without regard to their gisement, are of no use for educational purposes. |