virgate.
The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising ¹⁄₄ of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.
Meaning & usage
The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising ¹⁄₄ of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin virgāta, "yard" compared to "virga" as a measuring rod. Doublet of vergée.
Rod-shaped: straight, long, and thin, (particularly botany) the habitus of plants with straight, erect branches.
Finely striped, often with dark fibers.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin virgātus.
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