carucate

English

Alternative forms

• carrucate

Etymology

From Medieval (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin carūcāta (“ploughland”), from carūca (“chariot; coach; carruca”). Compare French charrue (“plough”).

Noun

carucate (plural carucates)

1. (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

• (¼ carucate) See virgate
• (⅛ carucate) See oxgang
• (¹/₁₆ carucate) See nook
• (¹/₃₂ carucate) See fardel
• (various & for further divisions) See acre
• (Scottish divisions): See ploughgate

Anagrams

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