carucate

American  

[kar-oo-keyt, -yoo-] / ˈkær ʊˌkeɪt, -yʊ- /

noun

1. an old English unit of land-area measurement, varying from 60 to 160 acres.

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Other Word Forms

• carucated adjective

Etymology

Origin of carucate

1375–1425; late Middle English < 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; car ¹ ) + -āta -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Carucate of Land.—Will any one inform me what were the dimensions of a carucate of land, in Edward III.'s time? also, what was the comparative value of money at the same date?

From Notes and Queries, Number 31, June 1, 1850 by Various

Car′ucage, a tax on the carucate, first imposed by Richard I. in 1198.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

The carucate was not identical with the hide, but carucate and hide alike had originally meant a unit corresponding to a plough-team.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

Et Robertus de Drayton tenet 2 bovatas et quartam partem unius bovate terre de dicto Roberto per forinsecum servicium tantum, unde 16 carucate terre faciunt feodum militis.'

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

Here we have a decided instance of the variation in the number of acres represented by the carucate.

From Notes and Queries, Number 35, June 29, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George