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English
Etymology
From Norman vergée, from Anglo-Norman vergé, vergee, originally terre vergee (“measured land”). Doublet of virgate.
Pronunciation
Noun
vergée (plural vergées)
- (Channel Islands) A measure of land, having varying values in Guernsey and Jersey, but approximately 18,000 square feet.
1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 34:Her father had given her a cottage in the Robergerie with a vergée of land and a greenhouse.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Latin virgāta.
Pronunciation
Noun
vergée f (plural vergées)
- rood (quarter of an acre)
Participle
vergée f sg
- feminine singular of vergé
Further reading
Norman
Noun
vergée f (plural vergées)
- (Guernsey, Jersey) vergée