Chains and links are commonly encountered in older metes and bounds legal descriptions. Bounds are line segments between two adjacent metes. Use of the metes and bounds method may be compared to drawing a polygon. The remainder of the state is on metes and bounds. He is ready to accept any punishment Alessandro metes out. If Balaram catches someone lying, he metes out a severe punishment to the offender. Surveyors can sometimes place posts at the metes of a lot. The outer dome rests upon drum walls five metes thick. The school's principal pulls her away from him and metes out a suspension to Mara. In antiquity the sea level was a few metes lower than today. Identifying Jurisdictional Metes and Bounds in the Indian Context, among others. World Barefoot Jump record of 13.25 metes. The crossing tower was begun in 1433, and is 23t feet (72 metes) high. Metes are points which are like the vertices (corners) of a polygon.