hidation
(haɪˈdeɪʃən)
The fixing of the number of hides; mensuration or assessment by hides.
| 1878 R. W. Eyton Key to Domesday 3 The older system [of mensuration in Domesday]..in that its basis was the Saxon hide, we may venture to call the System of Hidation. 1880 Academy 2 Oct. 234 There are frequent instances of a low hidation in Saxon times being increased..by the Conqueror's officers. |