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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024car•u•cate (kar′ŏŏ kāt′, -yŏŏ-),USA pronunciation n. - Weights and Measuresan old English unit of land-area measurement, varying from 60 to 160 acres.
- 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
- late Middle English 1375–1425
car′u•cat′ed, adj. |