- 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,...
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Virgate (from the
Latin virgātus, "rod-like") is an
adjective in
botanical and
mycological jargon. In
botanical jargon,
virgate most
often refers to plants...
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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...
- to
considerable local variation similar to the
variation in carucates,
virgates, bovates, nooks, and farundels.
These may have been
multiples of the customary...
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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)...
- area
maintained the
Welsh systems.
Aratrum terrae English units: hide
virgate, nook,
farundel acre
Scottish units in the East Highlands:
daugh oxgang...
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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 –...
- ploughs. In
Lordship 1 plough; 2 slaves; 1
virgate, 2
villages and 4
smallholders with 1
plough and 1
virgate. Meadow, 9 acres;
woodland 2 acres; pasture...
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Known as dole or dale meadow.
Although one
virgate is
shown to be 30 acres, as it was not
standardised one
virgate could range from 15 to 40 acres. Efficiency...
- or runners. 2. Such a stem or runner. 3. A
member of the
genus Vitis.
virgate Wand-shaped, twiggy,
especially referring to erect,
straight stems. In...
