Carucate

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  • n. The area of land able to be ploughed in a day by a team of eight oxen.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A plowland; as much land as one team can plow in a year and a day; -- by some said to be about 100 acres.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Formerly, as much land as could be cultivated by one caruca: usually about 100 acres, but the quantity varied according to the nature of the soil and the practice of husbandry in different districts. Also carue.
    • Word Usage
    "[FN#467] The "Faddán" (here miswritten "Faddád") = a plough, a yoke of oxen, a "carucate," which two oxen can work in a single season."
    Cross Reference
    oxgang    bovate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    plowland   
     
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