dessiatine
noun
des·sia·tine
¦des(h)yə¦tēn
variants or dessatine or desiatin or less commonly desyatin
-sə¦-
-s(h)yə¦tin
plural -s
: a Russian unit of land area equal to 2.7 acres
Word History
Etymology
Russian desyatina tithe, unit of land area, from desyat' ten; akin to Latin decem ten