English Explanatory Dictionary

conacre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An agricultural system of letting land in small patches or strips, usually for tillage.
  2. A strip of land that is let under this system.
verb
  1. To underlet a proportion of, for a single crop; said of a farm.

Word forms

conacre conacres conacring conacred

Etymology

Corruption of corn-acre.

Derived words

conacreism
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