conacre

British

/ kʌˈneːkər /

noun

farming land let for a season or for eleven months

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Etymology

Origin of conacre

C19: from _corn ¹ + _acre

Example Sentences

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The neighboring gentry are bent, as conacre has ceased to pay, on supplanting the population by cattle.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

But on the estates of improving landlords in the other provinces, the rules forbid the tenant to give the use of any ground for conacre.

From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by Godkin, James

A thousand excuses will be made for taking partners, for subletting on the "conacre" and other systems.

From Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Becker, Bernard H.

By letting this conacre land in little patches, a high rent is secured, which the tenants have no option but to promise to pay.

From Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Becker, Bernard H.

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