† ˈfarthingdeal Obs.
Forms: 5 forthingdole, 6–7 farthendele, 7–8 fardingdeal(e, farthingdole, far(r)undell.
[repr. OE. féorðan dǽl, accus. of féorða dǽl fourth part: see fourth and deal n. Cf. halvendeal, thirdendeal. The first element was afterwards regarded as a form of farthing.]
1. gen. A fourth part.
| a 1400–50 Alexander 3844 Als fast as þai þe forthing⁓dole had of þe flode past. |
2. spec. a. The fourth part of an acre; a rood.
| 1542 Recorde Gr. Artes (1575) 208 A Rod of lande, whiche some call a roode..some a Farthendele. 1600 T. Hill Arith. 67 a, A farthendele or roode of lande. 1607 J. Cowell Interpr., Farding deale alias Farundell of land signifieth the fourth part of an acre. 1692–1732 in Coles. 1721–1800 in Bailey. 1835 Rep. Muncipal Corporations Comm. II. App. 1248 The remaining..acres are divided into quarter acres, called ‘farthingdoles’. |
b. See quot.; = farthing 4 b.
| c 1640 J. Smyth Lives Berkeleys (1883) I. 156 Quarter of a yard land called a farrundell. |