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virgate
The virgate, yardland, or yard of land ((ラテン語:virgāta) ()) was an English unit of land. Primarily a measure of tax assessment rather than area, the virgate was usually (but not always) reckoned as ¼ hide and notionally (but seldom exactly) equal to 30 acres. It was equivalent to two of the Danelaw's oxgangs.
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The name derives from the Old English ' ("yard of land"),〔''Oxford English Dictionary'', 1st ed. "yardland, ''n.''". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1921.〕 from "yard"'s former meaning as a measuring stick employed in reckoning acres (cf. rod). The word is etymologically unrelated to the yard of land around a dwelling.〔''Oxford English Dictionary'', 1st ed. "yard, ''n.2''". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1921.〕 "Virgate" is a much later retronym, anglicizing the yardland's latinized form ' after the advent of the yard rendered the original name ambiguous.〔''Oxford English Dictionary'', 1st ed. "virgate, ''n.''". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1917.〕
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