sepiment

English

Etymology

From Latin sepimentum, saepimentum, from sepire, saepire (“to hedge in”).

Noun

sepiment (plural sepiments)

  1. (obsolete) Something that separates; a hedge; a fence.
    • 1699, La Vauguion (de.), A Compleat Body of Chirurgical Operations:
      The Partition or Sepiment which divides the great Cavity of the Nose, the Crista Galli, and the Ethmoidal bone is not bony in the Foetus.

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