oxgangn.

Brit.

/ˈɒksɡaŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɑksˌɡæŋ/

Forms: see ox n. and gang n.; also late Middle English oxion; English regional (northern) 1600s oxe-going, 1600s 1800s osken, 1700s– oskin.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ox n., gang n.

Etymology: < ox n. + gang n.Compare Scots regional oxen-gang (also oxen-going ), in sense 1, attested from the 15th to the 18th cent. ( < oxen , the plural of ox n. + gang n.). With the northern English regional variants osken , oskin compare note at ox-skin n. For Old English genitive compounds in oxan- see discussion at ox n.

Now chiefly historical.

1. A measure of land formerly in use in parts of northern England and Scotland, equivalent to an eighth of a carucate.So called because a carucate was the amount of land that could be ploughed by a team of eight oxen in a year.In quot. c1480 used to render classical Latin iūgerum juger n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > carucate and equivalents > the eighth part of ploughland

oxgang1343

ox-landa1387

oxgate1585

ox-yard1897

OE Surv. of Lands, York in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 166 On Barcestune i hid & fif oxnagang, & of Styfingtune tune þreora oxnagang.

lOE List of Sureties, Peterborough in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 78 An hide buton anes oxangang.]

1343 in J. C. Atkinson Cartularium Abbathiæ de Whiteby (1879) I. 230 (MED) The auncestres of the same Robert held vi oxgange of land wit the apurtinaunce in Thorp Malteby of ye aforsayd Abbote and Couent.

c1480 (a1400) St. Martha 49 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 286 Of ane oxgange hale þe space [L. per spatium jugeris], þat twa hundreth fet in lynth has & twenty, and in bred alsa sewyne schore of fute & na ma.

a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) i. 400 Yhwmen, pewere karl or knawe That wes of mycht an ox til hawe, He gert that man hawe part in pluche..Swa than begowth, and efftyr lang Off land wes mesure ane ox-gang.

1532 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 33 An oxgang of land and meadow.

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia ii. vii. 59 The Oxe~gang, or Oxengate..called Bouata terrae containes after the originall repute 13 acres.

1639 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1886) IV. According to an auncient rate of 18^d an oxgange of lande.

1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray et al. Philos. Lett. (1718) An oxgang contains 10 acres in some places; in others sixteen, eighteen, twenty-four; and fifty in some parts of Bradford parish.

1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 344 Oskin, an ox-gang.

1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 431 In the year 1272 there were fifty-six oxgangs or bovates in villanage in the township of Danby.

1936 Econ. Hist. Rev. 6 165 The ploughland and oxgang of Deira have no established British or continental ancestors.

1995 B. Golding Gilbert of Sempringham iv. 222 11 oxgangs in Mattersey..probably constituted the home demesne.

†2. A measure of length, perhaps equal to a furlong. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > furlong

furlongc900

acrec1250

furlongc1330

acre lengthc1380

acre's lengthc1380

furlengtha1400

acre lenghc1440

oxgang1569

1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander ii. viii. 52 The Riuer of Tygre..commonly aboue foure oxgangs broade.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oxgang
释义	oxgangn. Brit. /ˈɒksɡaŋ/, U.S. /ˈɑksˌɡæŋ/ Forms: see ox n. and gang n.; also late Middle English oxion; English regional (northern) 1600s oxe-going, 1600s 1800s osken, 1700s– oskin. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ox n., gang n. Etymology: < ox n. + gang n.Compare Scots regional oxen-gang (also oxen-going ), in sense 1, attested from the 15th to the 18th cent. ( < oxen , the plural of ox n. + gang n.). With the northern English regional variants osken , oskin compare note at ox-skin n. For Old English genitive compounds in oxan- see discussion at ox n. Now chiefly historical. 1. A measure of land formerly in use in parts of northern England and Scotland, equivalent to an eighth of a carucate.So called because a carucate was the amount of land that could be ploughed by a team of eight oxen in a year.In quot. c1480 used to render classical Latin iūgerum juger n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > carucate and equivalents > the eighth part of ploughland oxgang1343 ox-landa1387 oxgate1585 ox-yard1897 OE Surv. of Lands, York in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 166 On Barcestune i hid & fif oxnagang, & of Styfingtune tune þreora oxnagang. lOE List of Sureties, Peterborough in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 78 An hide buton anes oxangang.] 1343 in J. C. Atkinson Cartularium Abbathiæ de Whiteby (1879) I. 230 (MED) The auncestres of the same Robert held vi oxgange of land wit the apurtinaunce in Thorp Malteby of ye aforsayd Abbote and Couent. c1480 (a1400) St. Martha 49 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 286 Of ane oxgange hale þe space [L. per spatium jugeris], þat twa hundreth fet in lynth has & twenty, and in bred alsa sewyne schore of fute & na ma. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) i. 400 Yhwmen, pewere karl or knawe That wes of mycht an ox til hawe, He gert that man hawe part in pluche..Swa than begowth, and efftyr lang Off land wes mesure ane ox-gang. 1532 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 33 An oxgang of land and meadow. 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia ii. vii. 59 The Oxe~gang, or Oxengate..called Bouata terrae containes after the originall repute 13 acres. 1639 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1886) IV. According to an auncient rate of 18^d an oxgange of lande. 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray et al. Philos. Lett. (1718) An oxgang contains 10 acres in some places; in others sixteen, eighteen, twenty-four; and fifty in some parts of Bradford parish. 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 344 Oskin, an ox-gang. 1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 431 In the year 1272 there were fifty-six oxgangs or bovates in villanage in the township of Danby. 1936 Econ. Hist. Rev. 6 165 The ploughland and oxgang of Deira have no established British or continental ancestors. 1995 B. Golding Gilbert of Sempringham iv. 222 11 oxgangs in Mattersey..probably constituted the home demesne. †2. A measure of length, perhaps equal to a furlong. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > furlong furlongc900 acrec1250 furlongc1330 acre lengthc1380 acre's lengthc1380 furlengtha1400 acre lenghc1440 oxgang1569 1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander ii. viii. 52 The Riuer of Tygre..commonly aboue foure oxgangs broade. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1343
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