Bracketing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bracket \Brack"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bracketed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Bracketing}]
     1. To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to
        furnish with brackets.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Gunnery) To shoot so as to establish a bracket for (an
        object).
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bracketing \Brack"et*ing\, n. (Arch.)
     A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
     [1913 Webster]