bovate
[ boh-veyt ]
noun
an old English unit of land area measurement equivalent to one-eighth of a carucate.
Origin of bovate
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How to use bovate in a sentence
The eight oxen, as Mr Seebohm has shown, are the key to the whole system of the carucate and the bovate.
In one place73Selkirkthere were 15 husband-lands, each containing a bovate.
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