Obs. exc. Sc. Also 9 landimar, lanimer. [OE. landʓemǽre, f. land LAND sb. + ʓe-mǽre boundary, MERE.] Boundary of land. Landimere’s or Lanimer day, the day on which the annual perambulation of the boundaries is made in Lanarkshire and Aberdeen.
944. in Earle, Land Charters (1888), 176. Ðis sint þa land ʓemæra & se embegang þara landa to baddan byriʓ & to doddan forda & to efer dune.
1825–80. Jamieson, Landimar,… 2. A march or boundary of landed property, Aberd. To ride the Landimeres, to examine the marches, ibid., Lanarks…. The day in which the procession is made is called Landimere’s day.
1864. Edin. Daily Rev., 11 June. Lanimer Day at Lanark.
1888. Scott. Leader, 16 May, 5. Lanark Landimeres.
¶ ‘A land-measurer…. This word is here [viz. in Skene] used improperly’ (Jam.).
1597. Skene, De Verb. Sign., s.v. Particata, The measurers of land, called Landimers, in Latine, Agrimensores.
1670. Blount, Law Dict., Landimers, measurers of Land, anciently so called.
1825–80. Jamieson, Lannimor, a person employed by conterminous proprietors to adjust marches between their lands, Ayrsh.
