单词 | scotch acre |
释义 | > as lemmasScotch acre Scotch acre n. now historical and rare a unit of (land) area equal to four roods (rood n. 7b) (approx. 6,100 square yards, 5,100 square metres). ΚΠ 1740 A. Wright Treat. Pract. Arithm. 20 A Scotch Acre is to an English Acre as 55353·6 to 43560. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth p. vi A Scotch acre commonly = 6084 square yards. 1843 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. (1857) Suppl. §8308 The following table exhibits the cost per Scotch acre of draining in this method. 1965 Eng. Hist. Rev. 80 601 Scotch acres and stones of 22½ pounds. < as lemmas |
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