Definition of Virgate. Meaning of Virgate. Synonyms of Virgate

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Definition of Virgate

Virgate
Virgate Vir"gate, a. [L. virgatus made of twigs, fr. virga a twig, rod. See Verge a rod.] (Bot.) Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender.
Virgate
Virgate Vir"gate, n. [LL. virgata, virgata terrae, so much land as virga terrae, a land measure, contains, fr. L. virga a twig, rod.] A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres. [Obs.] --T. Warton.

Meaning of Virgate from wikipedia

- The virgate, yardland, or yard of land (Latin: virgāta [terrae]) was an English unit of land. Primarily a measure of tax ****essment rather than area,...
- Virgate (from the Latin virgātus, "rod-like") is an adjective in botanical and mycological jargon. In botanical jargon, virgate most often refers to plants...
- Morgen Oxgang Pari – a unit of area equal to about 1 hectare Quinaria Tathe Virgate Poncelet – unit of power Sthène – unit of force Technical atmosphere –...
- to considerable local variation similar to the variation in carucates, virgates, bovates, nooks, and farundels. These may have been multiples of the customary...
- reckoned in hides which were divided into four yardlands, later known as virgates. A ploughgate was the Scottish equivalent in the south and east of the...
- arable land of six virgates each. The acreage of a hide and virgate varied; but at Elton, a hide was 144 acres (58 ha) and a virgate was 24 acres (10 ha)...
- southwest Asia, etc. The English common name of Artemisia scoparia is virgate wormwood, capillary wormwood, or redstem wormwood. In Mandarin Chinese...
- carucates and bovates seen in the Domesday Book was derived. There, the virgate represented land which could be ploughed by a pair of oxen, and so amounted...
- could vary from village to village, but was typically around 15 acres. A virgate was the amount of land tillable by two oxen in a ploughing season. A carucate...
- held about a full virgate, sufficient not only to support a family but to produce a surplus. A few farmers ac****ulated more than a virgate of land and thus...