blackacre

[ blak-ey-ker ]

noun

, (often initial capital letter)

1. an arbitrary name for a piece of land used for purposes of supposition in legal argument or the like (often distinguished from whiteacre ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of blackacre¹

First recorded in 1620–30; black + acre

Example Sentences

Pinsky’s “At the Foundling Hospital” was a poetry finalist, along with Ishion Hutchinson’s “House of Lords and Commons,” Tyehimba Jess’ “Olio,” Bernadette Mayer’s “Works and Days,” and Monica Youn’s “Blackacre.”

From Washington Times

Later sections include a variety of styles and other kinds of acres — greenacre, brownacre — as the work builds to two poems titled “Blackacre.”

From Washington Post

In the final episode, he was seen performing with his Blackacre Road Band - the positive reaction to which led to the album's recording.

From BBC

When I first learned about like-kind exchanges many years ago, the regulations seemed to always be talking about a couple of farmers exchanging Whiteacre for Blackacre to ease the commuting that their flocks had to do or something like that.

From Forbes

It does not follow that this John is identical with the John Stiles who is found as baptized in 1795 at Blackacre, the son of William Stiles.

From Project Gutenberg