virgate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising ¹⁄₄ of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.

adj

Rod-shaped: straight, long, and thin, (particularly botany) the habitus of plants with straight, erect branches.
Finely striped, often with dark fibers.

/vɜɹˈɡeɪt/ /ˈvɝɡət/ /ˈvɜːɡət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-virgate.wav

virgate virgates

Borrowed from Latin virgāta, "yard" compared to "virga" as a measuring rod. Doublet of vergée.

yardland yard yard of land

virgulate

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