virgate
1[vur-git, -geyt]
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adjective
shaped like a rod or wand; long, slender, and straight.
Origin of virgate
1virgate
2[vur-git, -geyt]
noun
Origin of virgate
21645–55; < Medieval Latin virgāta (terrae) measure (of land), feminine of Latin virgātus pertaining to a rod; see virgate1; translation Old English gierd landes yard-measure of land
Also called yardland.
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Examples from the Web for virgate
Historical Examples of virgate
A commonly recurrent term is wista; it corresponds to the virgate: a great wista is as much as half-a-hide, or two virgates.
Villainage in EnglandPaul Vinogradoff
In most of the cases, when the virgate is described in its component parts, we come across irregularities.
Villainage in EnglandPaul Vinogradoff
So again, if a iugum is quartered, its quarter can be called a virgate.
Domesday Book and BeyondFrederic William Maitland
On the other hand, any reference to such an unit as the virgate or yard-land is exceedingly rare.
Domesday Book and BeyondFrederic William Maitland
Ferlingseti are to be met with now and then in connexion with the ferling or ferdel, the fourth part of a virgate.
Villainage in EnglandPaul Vinogradoff
virgate
1adjective
Word Origin for virgate
C19: from Latin virgātus made of twigs, from virga a rod
virgate
2noun
Word Origin for virgate
C17: from Medieval Latin virgāta (terrae) a rod's measurement (of land), from Latin virga rod; the phrase is a translation of Old English gierd landes a yard of land
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