carucate

English

Alternative forms

carrucate

Etymology

From Medieval Latin carūcāta (“ploughland”), from carūca (“chariot; coach; carruca”). Compare French charrue (“plough”).[1]

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

(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

References

Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "carucate | carrucate, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1888.

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