With preceding quantifier: as much of something as is valued at or may be bought for a specified (or roughly quantified) number of pounds. In…
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释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > portion or unit of (14) pounds worthOE With preceding quantifier: as much of something as is valued at or may be bought for a specified (or roughly quantified) number of pounds. In… school land1466 land belonging to a school (also as a count noun, usually in plural); spec. (North American) land set apart for the financial support of a school… shot1478 A division of land. ground1548 With a and plural. A piece or parcel of land. Obsolete. officiary1594 A division of a Highland estate, in the charge of a ground officer. canton1643 A parcel of ground; a portion of space. lotment1651 A portion or plot of land; = allotment, n. 2; (now) spec. = allotment, n. 2b. bovate1688 An oxgang, or as much land as one ox could plough in a year; one-eighth of the carucate or ploughland; varying in amount from 10 to 18 acres… fraction1789 A portion of a section (sense 2e(b)) of land. U.S. mahal1793 In South Asia: a territorial division; a division of an estate or tract of land forming a unit let out for farming or hunting purposes. Also: a ward… erf1812 In South Africa: ‘a garden plot, usually containing about half-an-acre’ (Webster). Also attributive, as erf-holder, erf-licence. fractional section1815 Of, pertaining to, or dealing with a fraction or fractions; comprising or constituting a fraction; of the nature of a fraction. Hence… forty1845 One fourth of a quarter section of land, comprising forty acres. U.S. tan1871 A Japanese unit of arable land or forest, equal to 300 bu; in modern use equivalent to approximately 0·245 acres (9·92 ares). |
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