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easement

noun
/ˈiːzm(ə)nt/UK/ˈizmənt/US

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman aisement, easement, eisement, esament, esement, and Middle French aisement (“comfort, convenience, ease, facility, opportunity; a benefit, relief; a right to use land, a thing, etc.; a privy”), from aisier (“to put at ease; to facilitate”) + -ment (“-ment, suffix forming nouns, usually the action or state resulting from verbs”).

  1. derived from aisement
  2. derived from aisement

Definitions

  1. An interest in land which grants the legal right to use another person's real property…

    An interest in land which grants the legal right to use another person's real property (real estate), generally in order to cross a part of the property or to gain access to something on the property (right of way).

    • The power company has an easement to put their electricity poles along the edge of this land.
    • Eaſement is a privilege that one Neighbour hath of another, by Writing or Preſcription, without profit; as a Way or a Sink through his Land, or ſuch like.

  2. An element such as a baseboard, handrail, etc., that is curved instead of abruptly…

    An element such as a baseboard, handrail, etc., that is curved instead of abruptly changing direction.

    • The curved part of the rail where it joins the newel is called an easement. Often, however, the rail joins the newel without an easement.

  3. Easing

    Easing; relief; assistance; support.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. The act of relieving oneself

      The act of relieving oneself: defecating or urinating.

      • He lit candles in the passage next to Patrick's closet, where his lordship wrote his letters, did his easement, took his bath, and knelt on winter nights to say his blackest prayers.

    2. Transition spiral curve track between a straight or tangent track and a circular curved…

      Transition spiral curve track between a straight or tangent track and a circular curved track of a certain radius or selected radius.

    3. Gratification.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA