carucate
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Medieval Latin carūcāta (“ploughland”), from Latin 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
- (1⁄4 carucate) See virgate
- (1⁄8 carucate) See oxgang
- (1⁄16 carucate) See nook
- (1⁄32 carucate) See fardel
- (various & for further divisions) See acre
- (Scottish divisions): See ploughgate
Translations
area of land
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References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "carucate | carrucate, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1888.