CARUCATE

Etymology

Noun

carucate (plural carucates)

(historical) The notional area of land able to be farmed in a year by a team of 8 oxen pulling a carruca plow, usually reckoned at 120 acres.

Synonyms

• hide, plow, plough, plowland, ploughland, carrucate, carve, (Scots) ploughgate, plowgate

Hypernyms

• (100 carucates) See hundred

Hyponyms

• (1/4 carucate) See virgate

• (1/8 carucate) See oxgang

• (1/16 carucate) See nook

• (1/32 carucate) See fardel

• (various & for further divisions) See acre

• (Scottish divisions): See ploughgate

Anagrams

• accurate

Source: Wiktionary


Car"u*cate, n. Etym: [LL. carucata, carrucata. See Carucage.]

Definition: A plowland; as much land as one team can plow in a year and a day; -- by some said to be about 100 acres. Burrill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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