interlucation

Latin interlucatio.

interlucation (countable and uncountable, plural interlucations)

1. (archaic, forestry) The thinning of a forest to let in light.
   • 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:

     halten the covering of the bark : besides , for Interlucation , remove exuberant branches […]

• “interlucation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.