🔤 Ploughgate ✨

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ploughgate, zameen ka paimana, hal paimana, Scottish zameen, kisaan zameen

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ploughgate

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DEFINITION

an ancient Scottish land measure, usually equivalent to about 120 acres

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Historical land deeds recorded that the noble family inherited a fertile ploughgate of countryside estate today. In ancient Scottish agriculture, one ploughgate represented the area of land a single team could till. Taxation records from centuries ago assessed property values based on the number of ploughgate units held. The farmer cultivated a full ploughgate of wheat and barley along the river valley floor. Scholars researched medieval land distribution by mapping remaining historical ploughgate boundaries across region.

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carucate hide land measure acre tract agricultural unit