carucate

[ kar-oo-keyt, -yoo- ]

/ ˈkær ʊˌkeɪt, -yʊ- /

noun

an old English unit of land-area measurement, varying from 60 to 160 acres.

Origin of carucate

1375–1425; late Middle English <Medieval Latin carrūcāta, equivalent to car(r)ūc(a) plow, plow team (Latin: traveling carriage, with the sense “wheeled plow” in Gaul (>French charru plow); akin to Latin carrus four-wheeled Gaulish wagon; see car¹) + -āta-ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM carucate

car·u·cat·ed, adjective

Words nearby carucate

cartulary, cartwheel, cartwheel flower, Cartwright, Caruaru, carucate, caruncle, carunculate, Carúpano, Carus curve, Caruso

Example sentences from the Web for carucate

The geldable carucate of Domesday does not signify what the carucate usually signifies in other early documents.
Feudal England -- Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries|J.H. Round
If every inch of the vill is ploughed, the carucate can only have 75 acres, and each team tills but 60.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William Maitland
A carucate is the extent cultivated by one plough in one year and a day (120 acres).
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood|J. Conway Walter
The object would appear to have been to obtain a carucate of equal value throughout the kingdom.
Notes and Queries, Number 35, June 29, 1850|Various

And he took from every carucate throughout the whole kingdom 20s.
The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9)|Francis Aidan Gasquet

单词	carucate
释义	carucate [ kar-oo-keyt, -yoo- ] / ˈkær ʊˌkeɪt, -yʊ- / noun an old English unit of land-area measurement, varying from 60 to 160 acres. Origin of carucate 1375–1425; late Middle English <Medieval Latin carrūcāta, equivalent to car(r)ūc(a) plow, plow team (Latin: traveling carriage, with the sense “wheeled plow” in Gaul (>French charru plow); akin to Latin carrus four-wheeled Gaulish wagon; see car¹) + -āta-ate¹ OTHER WORDS FROM carucate car·u·cat·ed, adjective Words nearby carucate cartulary, cartwheel, cartwheel flower, Cartwright, Caruaru, carucate, caruncle, carunculate, Carúpano, Carus curve, Caruso Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for carucate The geldable carucate of Domesday does not signify what the carucate usually signifies in other early documents. Feudal England -- Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries\|J.H. Round If every inch of the vill is ploughed, the carucate can only have 75 acres, and each team tills but 60. Domesday Book and Beyond\|Frederic William Maitland A carucate is the extent cultivated by one plough in one year and a day (120 acres). Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood\|J. Conway Walter The object would appear to have been to obtain a carucate of equal value throughout the kingdom. Notes and Queries, Number 35, June 29, 1850\|Various And he took from every carucate throughout the whole kingdom 20s. The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9)\|Francis Aidan Gasquet
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