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

Derived 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; see 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

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

The object would appear to have been to obtain a carucate of equal value throughout the kingdom.

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

I have generally found that the nearest approximation to correctness, where no other evidence is at hand, is to consider the carucate as designating about 100 acres.

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

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