daugh

English

Etymology

Scottish Gaelic dabhach (“vat, large unit of land”); the "land unit" sense may reflect substrate influence on Gaelic from Pictish.

Noun

daugh (plural daughs)

1. (historical) An obsolete Scots unit equal to 4 ploughgates, notionally comprising 400 Scottish acres.

Synonyms

• davoch, davach, arachor

Hyponyms

• (¹⁄₄ daugh) See ploughgate
• (¹⁄₈ daugh) See ochdamh
• (¹⁄₃₂ daugh) See oxgang
• (various & for further subdivisions) See acre