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/boh"vayt/, n.an old English unit of land area measurement equivalent to one-eighth of a carucate.[1680-90; < ML bovata, equiv. to L bov- (s. of bos) cow + -ata -ATE1]
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Bovate — Bo vate, n. [LL. bovata, fr. bos, bovis, ox.] (O. Eng. Law.) An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; an ancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usually estimated at fifteen acres. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bovate — 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 … Dictionary of units of measurement
bovate — noun an oxgang … Wiktionary
bovate — bo·vate … English syllables
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