carucate

noun

noun

Etymology From Medieval Latin carūcāta (“ploughland”), from Latin carūca (“chariot; coach; carruca”). Compare French charrue (“plough”).

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, ploughgate, plowgate
Hypernyms: hundred
Hyponyms: virgate, oxgang, nook, fardel, acre, ploughgate

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