A measure of land. Obsolete. = rood, n. 7.
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释义 | the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > an acre > specific (7) stang1326 A measure of land. Obsolete. = rood, n. 7. acre by lug1602 A measure of surface: a square pole or perch; †acre by lug = lug-acre n. at compounds. lug-acre1635 an acre based on that value of the pole or perch to which the name lug was locally applied. Welsh acre1675 a measure of land formerly used in Wales; cf. erw, n. plantation acre1705 an acre in plantation measure; an Irish acre. Cheshire acre1808 (see quots.). geld-acre1880 the quantity of land which was reckoned as an acre for the purposes of geld. |
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