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Unit Definition (carucate) The Carucate is an another name for the hide, an old English unit of land area. The name comes from a Latin word meaning "plowland". Unit Definition (bovate) The Bovate is an old English unit of land area equal to 1/8 hide. This was roughly 15 acres or 6 hectares. The word comes from the Latin bovis, an ox, indicating that the bovate was an area that could be farmed with the help of one ox.
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