plough-gangn.

Brit.

/ˈplaʊɡaŋ/, U.S.

/ˈplaʊˌɡæŋ/, Scottish English

/ˈplʌʊɡaŋ/

Forms: see plough n.¹ and gang n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plough n.¹, gang n.

Etymology: < plough n.¹ + gang n. Compare Old Icelandic plóg-gangr plough furrow. Compare earlier oxgang n. and ploughland n., and slightly later ploughgate n.Compare also Old English plōgagang , in the same sense (one attestation in a late copy of a grant of land at Patrington, Yorkshire, made in 1033; apparently < plōga- (in plōgaland ploughland n.) + gang n., after oxgang n.; see further discussion at ploughland n.):a1400 ( Bounds (Sawyer 968) in W. Farrer Early Yorks. Charters (1914) I. 25 And on Hals[a]ham þriddan healfes plogesland and healf an oxangang; and on þorpe ii plogagang landes and i oxangang and [h]ealfes plogesland on Sumeres mersc[e].

Scottish. Now historical.

A measure of arable land based on the area able to be tilled by one plough with a team of horses or oxen in the year, varying in extent according to the type of plough used, the nature of the ground, etc. Cf. ploughgate n., ploughland n. 1.

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

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1548 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1880) II. 54 The hereȝeldis of ilk ploucht gang of land thairof..to be vptakin and inbrocht to our vse.

1639 in D. C. MacTavish Minutes Synod of Argyll (1943) I. 12 Everie kirk officer was in use of being payed of a half firlot of meall of everie four horse ploughgang of land.

1667 in W. G. Scott-Moncrieff Rec. Proc. Justiciary Court Edinb. (1905) I. 226 40 sh. yearly as the viccarage of the pleughgang of Carimuir and as much for the pleughgate of Caringring.

1727 Caledonian Mercury 18 Sept. If they incline for more Land to labour, they can have a Plough-gang lying close by the Mannor-place.

1748 W. Cullen Let. in J. Thomson Acct. Life W. Cullen (1832) I. 69 As much [ground] as may employ four horses or what we call a plough-gang.

1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. V. 56 The number of plough-gangs, in the hands of tenants, is about 141½,..reckoning 13 acres of arable land to each plough-gang.

1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney 166 The proprietors would purchase that privilege, at the rate of a mark for every ploughgang.

1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 35 Though he kenned o' pleugh-gangs and would talk a lot at e'en O' sheep and neeps and foals and stirks and kye.

1957 Econ. Hist. Rev. 10 202 Indeed the plowgang, or one of its larger subdivisions,..might be the original ancestor of the small manor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plough-gang
释义	plough-gangn. Brit. /ˈplaʊɡaŋ/, U.S. /ˈplaʊˌɡæŋ/, Scottish English /ˈplʌʊɡaŋ/ Forms: see plough n.¹ and gang n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plough n.¹, gang n. Etymology: < plough n.¹ + gang n. Compare Old Icelandic plóg-gangr plough furrow. Compare earlier oxgang n. and ploughland n., and slightly later ploughgate n.Compare also Old English plōgagang , in the same sense (one attestation in a late copy of a grant of land at Patrington, Yorkshire, made in 1033; apparently < plōga- (in plōgaland ploughland n.) + gang n., after oxgang n.; see further discussion at ploughland n.):a1400 ( Bounds (Sawyer 968) in W. Farrer Early Yorks. Charters (1914) I. 25 And on Hals[a]ham þriddan healfes plogesland and healf an oxangang; and on þorpe ii plogagang landes and i oxangang and [h]ealfes plogesland on Sumeres mersc[e]. Scottish. Now historical. A measure of arable land based on the area able to be tilled by one plough with a team of horses or oxen in the year, varying in extent according to the type of plough used, the nature of the ground, etc. Cf. ploughgate n., ploughland n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > other units of land measure wandalec1150 wista1200 landc1400 ridge1439 peck1442 scrophec1450 buttc1460 rig1485 mark1488 stick1531 farthingdeal1543 plough-gang1548 quarterland1563 ploughgate1565 last1576 wand1596 ox-skin1610 garbred1621 plank1631 nooka1634 buttal1635 farthinga1640 rick1641 familia1676 rhandir1688 setiera1690 worthine1701 fierding1768 whip-land1811 rai1933 1548 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1880) II. 54 The hereȝeldis of ilk ploucht gang of land thairof..to be vptakin and inbrocht to our vse. 1639 in D. C. MacTavish Minutes Synod of Argyll (1943) I. 12 Everie kirk officer was in use of being payed of a half firlot of meall of everie four horse ploughgang of land. 1667 in W. G. Scott-Moncrieff Rec. Proc. Justiciary Court Edinb. (1905) I. 226 40 sh. yearly as the viccarage of the pleughgang of Carimuir and as much for the pleughgate of Caringring. 1727 Caledonian Mercury 18 Sept. If they incline for more Land to labour, they can have a Plough-gang lying close by the Mannor-place. 1748 W. Cullen Let. in J. Thomson Acct. Life W. Cullen (1832) I. 69 As much [ground] as may employ four horses or what we call a plough-gang. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. V. 56 The number of plough-gangs, in the hands of tenants, is about 141½,..reckoning 13 acres of arable land to each plough-gang. 1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney 166 The proprietors would purchase that privilege, at the rate of a mark for every ploughgang. 1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 35 Though he kenned o' pleugh-gangs and would talk a lot at e'en O' sheep and neeps and foals and stirks and kye. 1957 Econ. Hist. Rev. 10 202 Indeed the plowgang, or one of its larger subdivisions,..might be the original ancestor of the small manor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548
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