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oxgang
oxgang Obs. exc. Hist. Chiefly northern. (ˈɒksgæŋ) Also 7–8 dial. osken, -in; ox-going. [f. ox + gang n.1 3. In OE. two words with oxan gen. sing. or oxena gen. pl.] 1. The eighth part of the carucate or plough-land varying from 10 to 18 acres, or more widely, according to the system of tillage, etc...
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Oxgang
In Scotland, oxgang occurs in Oxgangs, a southern suburb of Edinburgh, and in Oxgang, an area of the town of Kirkintilloch. A peasant occupying or working an oxgang or bovate might be known as a "" or "".
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Reihendorf
The Reihendorf ("row village" or ribbon development, plural: Reihendörfer) or Hufendorf ("oxgang village") is the name used of a particular form of linear
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oxgate
† ˈoxgate Chiefly Sc. Obs. Also 6–7 oxengate. [f. ox + gate n.2, gait n.1] A measure of land; the same as the oxgang (for which this name appears to have been substituted after 1550).1585 Decree of Scotch Exchequer in E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. (1872) 136 Thirteen acres extendis and sall extend to a...
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Quarterland
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Obsolete Scottish units of measurement
In the East Highlands:
Rood
Scottish acre = 4 roods
Oxgang (Damh-imir) = the area an ox could plow
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oxskin
† oxskin Obs. In 7 oxe skinne. App. a perversion of the dial. oskin oxgang, facilitated by popular association of hide n.1 and n.21610 Hopton Bac. Geodæt. i. ii. 21 Foure akers (saith he) make a yard of land, fiue yards of land contain a hide..in Yorkeshire and other countries they call a hide an Ox...
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Davoch
The word dabh or damh means an "ox" (cf. oxgang, damh-imir), but dabhach can also refer to a "tub", so may indicate productivity. See also
Acre
Obsolete Scottish units of measurement
In the East Highlands:
Rood
Scottish acre = 4 roods
Oxgang (Damh-imir) = the area an ox could
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bovate
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 i...
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thane-land
ˈthane-land Now Hist. (See also thegn-land.) Land held by a thane, or by military tenure.a 1641 Spelman Feuds & Tenures viii, For better manifestation that Thanelands were subject to no feudal Service, consider, I pray you, the Words of the Saxon passage before mention'd, where it is said that a Tha...
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Virgate
As such, the oxgang represented a parallel division of the carucate.
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Units of area
Obsolete units of measurement
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Carucate
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Aratrum terrae
English units:
hide
virgate, nook, farundel
acre
Scottish units in the East Highlands:
daugh
oxgang
Scots acre
Scots
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Groatland
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Obsolete Scottish units of measurement
In the East Highlands:
Rood
Scottish acre = 4 roods
Oxgang (Damh-imir) = the area an ox could plow
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Markland (Scots)
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Obsolete Scottish units of measurement
In the East Highlands:
Rood
Scottish acre = 4 roods
Oxgang (Damh-imir) = the area an ox could plough
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Scottish acre
See also
Acre
Obsolete Scottish units of measurement
In the East Highlands:
Rood
Scottish acre = 4 roods
Oxgang (Damh-imir) = the area an ox could
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