arpent
noun
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
arpents
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pluralof arpent.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Stengel's critique neatly encapsulates a view that has remained unchanged since Voltaire dismissed North America as "a few arpents of snow."
From Time Magazine Archive
The 1681 census discloses that Jean and Marguerite owned two guns, their 30 arpents, eight cattle, and had four children at home.
From Time Magazine Archive
Early marriages were the rule, and families of a dozen or more children had to be supported from the produce of a few arpents.
From Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 by William Bennett Munro
He reserved four hundred and twenty arpents for his own personal domain, and on this he began to clear the ground and erect buildings.
From France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 by Francis Parkman
The ordinary extent was from one hundred to four hundred arpents, usually in the shape of a parallelogram with a narrow frontage on the river, and extending inland to a much greater distance.
From Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 by William Bennett Munro
