bovate
(ˈbəʊveɪt)
Also 7 bovatt, 8 boviat.
[ad. med.L. bovāta, f. bōs, bov-is an ox; cf. -ate1.]
An oxgang, or as much land as one ox could plough in a year; one-eighth of the carucate or ploughland; varying in amount from 10 to 18 acres according to the system of tillage, etc.
| 1688 R. Holme Armory iii. iii. 59 Bovatt of Land is as much as 15 Acres, in some places 20 Acres. 1723 H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua (1766) 122 Gavels, measured out by Boviats and Carucats. 1839 Stonehouse Axholme 345 William, the son of Roger de Beltoft, is returned as having two parts of one bovate of land. 1883 Seebohm Eng. Vill. Community 61 The full husband-land or virgate was composed of two bovates or oxgangs. [1886 I. Taylor, The normal oxgangs in the Boldon Buke are 15 and 12 acres.] |