† mockgroundn.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: muck n.¹, ground n.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < a variant of muck n.¹ + ground n., with allusion to the practice of manuring the ground before it is let: compare quot. 1824 and see note s.v. conacre n. Compare mock n.⁴

Irish English. Obsolete.

= conacre n.

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1824 Evid. bef. Commons Comm. 20 May 131 What do you mean by mockground?.. Do you not refer to muckground? It may be; they call it cornacre.

1862 H. Coulter West of Ireland 71 Conacre or Mockground as they term it in Clare... I have heard of an instance of a Mock being charged for at the rate of £10 an acre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	mockground
释义	† mockgroundn. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: muck n.¹, ground n. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < a variant of muck n.¹ + ground n., with allusion to the practice of manuring the ground before it is let: compare quot. 1824 and see note s.v. conacre n. Compare mock n.⁴ Irish English. Obsolete. = conacre n. ΚΠ 1824 Evid. bef. Commons Comm. 20 May 131 What do you mean by mockground?.. Do you not refer to muckground? It may be; they call it cornacre. 1862 H. Coulter West of Ireland 71 Conacre or Mockground as they term it in Clare... I have heard of an instance of a Mock being charged for at the rate of £10 an acre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1824
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