1. The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
   "the parceling of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state";
   - allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parcelling, assignation

1. Make into a wrapped container
   "The shopkeeper parceled the items for shipping"
    
2. Divide into parts
   "The developers parceled the land"
    
3. Cover with strips of canvas
   "parcel rope"

Derived forms: parcelings

Type of: carve up, cover, dissever [rare], distribution, divide, separate, split, split up, wrap, wrap up

Encyclopedia: Parcel