Both Uses of
partition
in
Gulliver's Travels
- Their mangers were placed circular in the middle of the room, and divided into several partitions, round which they sat on their haunches, upon bosses of straw.†
Chpt 4 *
- In the middle was a large rack, with angles answering to every partition of the manger; so that each horse and mare ate their own hay, and their own mash of oats and milk, with much decency and regularity.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(partition) something that divides space
or: the act of dividing into parts, or a divided part