Middle English Dictionary Entry
carūcāte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | carūcāte n. |
| Etymology | ML carrūcāta |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The amount of land that can be cultivated by one plow, a plowland.
Associated quotations
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.91 : Whiche alle, William..causede to be describede, and the hides and carucates [L hydas seu carucatas] of londes to be measurede.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)7.309 : Kynge William caused Ynglonde to be describede, and what londe every baron hade..how mony carucates of londe [Trev.: how meny teme lond].