bovate
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bovate
1680–90; < Medieval Latin bovāta, equivalent to Latin bov- (stem of bōs ) cow + -āta -ate 1
Example Sentences
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According to a very common mode of reckoning, the hide contains four virgates, every virgate two bovates, and every bovate fifteen acres.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
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
If a bovate is granted to a person, so much of the rights of pasture as belongs to every bovate in the village is presumed to be granted with the arable.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
The hide appears as the ploughland with eight oxen, the virgate corresponds to one yoke of oxen, and the bovate to the single head.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
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