rentice

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay rentas (traverse)

Pronunciation

Noun

rentice (plural rentices)

  1. (Brunei, Malaysia) An access path cleared through vegetation to facilitate mineral exploration or the construction, safe operation and maintenance of power transmission lines or pipelines.
    • 1944, Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers (volumes 23-24, page 53)
      A rentice (path) was then cleared along a straight line from Bukit Kepayang to the Jenka pass. Pegs were driven in along this rentice at 100-yard intervals, the spacing of the pegs being measured by a ¼-inch diameter wire rope 300 feet long.

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