ploughgate
(Scotland) The Scottish carucate or hide: a unit of land area and tax assessment intended to support a household.
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(Scotland) The Scottish carucate or hide: a unit of land area and tax assessment intended to support a household.
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(historical, Scottish) The similar Scottish concept, of a ploughgate and notionally or 13 Scottish acres.
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(historical) The area of land that could be plowed by an ox in a year, hide or carucate and notionally 15 acres.
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(Scotland) plow.
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(historical) The total area of land, measured in hides.
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(UK, legal, obsolete, or, historical) A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land.