"oxgang" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: oxgangs [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English oxegang, from Old English oxangang (“¹⁄₈ hide or ploughland”), equivalent to ox + gang. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|oxegang}} Middle English oxegang, {{frac|8}} ¹⁄₈, {{inh|en|ang|oxangang||<small>¹<big>⁄</big>₈</small> hide or ploughland}} Old English oxangang (“¹⁄₈ hide or ploughland”), {{compound|en|ox|gang}} ox + gang Head templates: {{en-noun}} oxgang (plural oxgangs)
  1. (historical) The area of land that could be plowed by an ox in a year, ¹⁄₈ hide or carucate and notionally 15 acres. Tags: historical Translations (area): bovata [feminine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-oxgang-en-noun-~r9zRnYI Disambiguation of 'area': 100 0
  2. (historical, Scotland) The similar Scottish concept, ¹⁄₈ of a ploughgate and notionally 12+¹⁄₂ or 13 Scottish acres. Tags: Scotland, historical Categories (topical): Units of measure Hypernyms (2 oxgangs): virgate Hypernyms (4 oxgangs): ochdamh [Scottish] Hypernyms (8 oxgangs): carucate Hypernyms (800 oxgangs): hundred Hyponyms (various & for further subdivisions): acre
    Sense id: en-oxgang-en-noun-zALdTcpa Disambiguation of Units of measure: 13 87 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of '2 oxgangs': 32 68 Disambiguation of '4 oxgangs': 40 60 Disambiguation of '8 oxgangs': 44 56 Disambiguation of '800 oxgangs': 44 56 Disambiguation of 'various & for further subdivisions': 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bovate, oxgate, oxengate Hyponyms: nook (alt: 1⁄2 oxgang), fardel (alt: 1⁄4 oxgang)

Inflected forms

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