Definitions For Carucate

Noun

CARUCATE (plural CARUCATEs) (historical) The notional area of land able to be farmed in a year by a team of 8 oxen pulling a carruca plow, usually reckoned at 120 acres.

Synonyms

hide, plow, plough, plowland, ploughland, carrucate, carve, (Scots) ploughgate, plowgate

Hypernyms

(100 carucates) See hundred

Hyponyms

({{frac, 4}} carucate) See virgate ({{frac, 8}} carucate) See oxgang ({{frac, 16}} carucate) See nook ({{frac, 32}} carucate) See fardel (various & for further divisions) See acre Scottish divisions See ploughgate

Alternative forms

carrucate

Etymology

From Medieval {{etyl, la, en}} carucata, carūcāta, ploughland, from caruca, carūca, chariot; coach; carruca. Compare {{cog, fr, charrue, , plough}}.Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "carucate , carrucate, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1888.

Anagrams

accurate

Is Carucate a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
15

The word Carucate is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

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