bovate

[boh-veyt]

noun

an old English unit of land area measurement equivalent to one-eighth of a carucate.

Origin of bovate

1680–90; < Medieval Latin bovāta, equivalent to Latin bov- (stem of bōs) cow + -āta -ate¹

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Historical Examples of bovate

In one place73Selkirkthere were 15 husband-lands, each containing a bovate.
The English Village Community
Frederic Seebohm
The eight oxen, as Mr Seebohm has shown, are the key to the whole system of the carucate and the bovate.
Feudal England -- Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries
J.H. Round