arcuation

Definitions

1. The act of bending or curving; the state of being bent; crookedness.
   countable, uncountable
2. A method of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In the practice of arcuation, the voussoirs or arch - stones are so cut⟳ , that their joints are perpendicular to the arch or to its tangent , at the points where they respectively fall⟳”

“flowering Shrubs, which are propagated or raised by Arcuation, or laying”

CEFR level