Carucate
111hide — a very old English unit of land area, dating from perhaps the seventh century. The hide was the amount of land that could be cultivated by a single plowman and thus the amount of land necessary to support a family. Depending on local… …
112carve — In old English law, a carucate or plow land …
113geld — In Saxon law, money or tribute. A mulct, compensation, value, price. Angeld was the single value of a thing; twigeld, double value, etc. So, weregeld was the value of a man slain; orfgeld, that of a beast. A land tax of so much per hide or… …
114carve — In old English law, a carucate or plow land …
115geld — In Saxon law, money or tribute. A mulct, compensation, value, price. Angeld was the single value of a thing; twigeld, double value, etc. So, weregeld was the value of a man slain; orfgeld, that of a beast. A land tax of so much per hide or… …
116oxgang — In old English law, as much land as an ox could till. A measure of land of uncertain quantity. In the north of England a division of a carucate. According to some, fifteen acres …
117ploughland — noun arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops • Syn: ↑cultivated land, ↑farmland, ↑plowland, ↑tilled land, ↑tillage, ↑tilth • Derivationally related forms: ↑till ( …
118plowgate — noun or ploughgate ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ Etymology: plow (I) + gate (way) : a unit of land area once used in Scotland and northern England prob. originally equal to a plowland or carucate …
119sulung — ˈsu̇ˌlu̇ŋ noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English suling, from Old English sulung, from sul, sulh plow, measure of land more at sulcus : any of various old Kentish units of land area (as one of 120 acres) corresponding to the carucate and the hide …
120oxland — oxˈland noun (obsolete) A bovate or one eighth of a carucate of ploughland, the share attributed to each ox in a team of eight (averaging about 13 acres) ● ox …
