Quintation

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: kwÄ­ntāʹshÉ™n, IPA: /kwɪnˈteɪʃən/

Origin

quintate + -ion

Noun

noun

1. (rare) The removal of one fifth (of something).
• 1946, Thomas Hamilton Ormsbee, The Story of American Furniture,

• Perhaps the quintation of slats came from the hands of the indentured Hollander.

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