carucate

English

Alternative forms

• carrucate

Etymology

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

Noun

carucate (plural carucates)

1. (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

• Latin: carucata f

Anagrams

• accurate