| 单词 | plantation measure |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplantation measure plantation measure n. now historical a land-measure formerly used in the plantations of Ireland, in which an acre contained 7840 square yards (approx. 6550 square metres). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > specific markland1532 plantation measure1642 1642 Act 18 Chas. I (Ireland) c. 36 Plantation measure,..every Acre thereof shall consist of eightscore Pearches or Poles..of one and twenty foot. 1771–2 Irish Act 11 & 12 Geo. III c. 21 §2 No greater quantity of such bog shall be so set to any one person than fifty acres, plantation measure. 1816 W. S. Mason Parochial Surv. of Ireland II. 152 The Scotch is the only measure to which this report refers, as the plantation or Irish measure is almost unknown. 1932 Geogr. Jrnl. 79 418 The Irish acre, which was 65 per cent. larger than the English acre, was adopted for grants of land by both Strafford and Petty, and became known as ‘Irish plantation measure.’ < as lemmas |
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