explorement

English

Etymology

explore +‎ -ment

Noun

explorement (countable and uncountable, plural explorements)

1. (archaic) exploration
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     upon the explorement of many, could scarce find one

References

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