cartronn.

Brit.

/ˈkɑːtrən/, U.S.

/ˈkɑrtrən/

Forms: 1500s– cartron, 1800s carton.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: quartern n.²

Etymology: Originally a variant of quartern n.² (compare forms at that entry), now distinguished in form in the sense below.Probably reinforced in form by Irish ceathrú mír cartron, lit. ‘quarter part’ and ceathrú quarter (compare note at quarter n.). Compare also Irish cartún cartron ( < English), andcartúr chartered land, which is sometimes found in Irish place names corresponding to cartron in the English equivalent, as An Cartúr Leathan (Cartronlahan, County Galway), Cartúr Ghilbeirt (Cartrongilbert, County Mayo), etc.

Now historical.

A measure of land used in Ireland, equal to a fourth part of a quarter (quarter n. 5b). Cf. quartern n.² 3f.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > Irish units

townlanda1500

ballyboe1550

quarter1585

poll1591

cartron1598

tate1607

quartern1679

subdenomination1720

1598 in J. Ainsworth Inchiquin MSS (1961) §934 One cartron or kearmire [Irish ceathrú mír] land of Liscorbain in the said towne of Seandangean contayning..xxij daies..or erabl land.

1636 in R. C. Simington Civil Surv. (1931) I. 148 1 Cartron and the ½ Cartron of Derrymore adjoyning to ye aforesaid 3½ Cartrons.

1745 W. Harris tr. J. Ware Wks. conc. Ireland II. xxxiii. 226 Some Cartrons containing 100, some 112, some 120, and the largest of all 160 Acres.

1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 105 He takes him out a custodiam on all the denominations and sub-denominations, and every carton and half carton upon the estate.

1861 W. Reeves in Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1857–61 (1862) 7 480 In Connaught the prevailing distribution was into townlands, of vague import; quarters, the fourth part of the former; cartron, the fourth of a quarter... The cartron was computed at 30 native acres.

1995 T. Robinson Stones of Aran: Labyrinth 27 Seven of the heads of Iaráirne households in 1821 were farmers with holdings of a quarter to one and a half cartrons (a cartron being a nominal sixty-four acres).

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cartron
释义	cartronn. Brit. /ˈkɑːtrən/, U.S. /ˈkɑrtrən/ Forms: 1500s– cartron, 1800s carton. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: quartern n.² Etymology: Originally a variant of quartern n.² (compare forms at that entry), now distinguished in form in the sense below.Probably reinforced in form by Irish ceathrú mír cartron, lit. ‘quarter part’ and ceathrú quarter (compare note at quarter n.). Compare also Irish cartún cartron ( < English), andcartúr chartered land, which is sometimes found in Irish place names corresponding to cartron in the English equivalent, as An Cartúr Leathan (Cartronlahan, County Galway), Cartúr Ghilbeirt (Cartrongilbert, County Mayo), etc. Now historical. A measure of land used in Ireland, equal to a fourth part of a quarter (quarter n. 5b). Cf. quartern n.² 3f. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > Irish units townlanda1500 ballyboe1550 quarter1585 poll1591 cartron1598 tate1607 quartern1679 subdenomination1720 1598 in J. Ainsworth Inchiquin MSS (1961) §934 One cartron or kearmire [Irish ceathrú mír] land of Liscorbain in the said towne of Seandangean contayning..xxij daies..or erabl land. 1636 in R. C. Simington Civil Surv. (1931) I. 148 1 Cartron and the ½ Cartron of Derrymore adjoyning to ye aforesaid 3½ Cartrons. 1745 W. Harris tr. J. Ware Wks. conc. Ireland II. xxxiii. 226 Some Cartrons containing 100, some 112, some 120, and the largest of all 160 Acres. 1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 105 He takes him out a custodiam on all the denominations and sub-denominations, and every carton and half carton upon the estate. 1861 W. Reeves in Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1857–61 (1862) 7 480 In Connaught the prevailing distribution was into townlands, of vague import; quarters, the fourth part of the former; cartron, the fourth of a quarter... The cartron was computed at 30 native acres. 1995 T. Robinson Stones of Aran: Labyrinth 27 Seven of the heads of Iaráirne households in 1821 were farmers with holdings of a quarter to one and a half cartrons (a cartron being a nominal sixty-four acres). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1598
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