单词 | quarentene |
释义 | quarentenen. Now historical and rare. Originally: a measure of area equivalent to one square furlong (10 acres, approx. 4.05 hectares). In later use: a measure of length equivalent to one furlong (220 yards, approx. 201 metres). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > square furlong quarentenea1475 flat1523 furlong1819 a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1906) ii. 541 (MED) j lond liying in the feld of Warborow in Chalkeforlonge..And j acre liyng in the same quarter or quarenten. 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Quarentene signifies also a quantity of ground containing 40 Perches. 1677 R. Thoroton Antiq. Notts. 481/1 There three Sochmen had one Carucat, and three Acres of Medow, Pasture Wood two qu. long, half a quarenten broad. 1718 in W. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum III. 243 One Mansion, in length above the Water seven Quarentenes. 1809 W. Bawdwen tr. Domesday Bk. 14 Wood pasture four quarentens long and the same broad. 1869 Pearson Hist. Maps Eng. (1870) 51 A wood ten leagues long by six and two quarentenes broad. 1908 P. Vinogradoff Eng. Society in 11th Cent. 302 In most cases the numbers given are rough—one league, half a league, one quarantene, &c. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1475 |
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