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A unit of land area equal to a square rod, varying locally but later standardized at 30¼ square yards (1/160 acre, approx. 25.3 square metres); =…
Scottish and English regional (northern). A unit of area of arable land; a ploughed strip a few yards wide. Cf. yoke, n. 9. Obsolete.
A piece of land having a particular breadth; spec. a division of an acre measuring one pole by four (5½ by 22 yards, or approx. 5 by 20 metres)…