conacre
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
conacre (countable and uncountable, plural conacres)
- (Ireland) An agricultural system of letting land in small patches or strips, usually for tillage.
- (Ireland) A strip of land that is let under this system.
Verb edit
conacre (third-person singular simple present conacres, present participle conacring, simple past and past participle conacred)
- (Ireland) To underlet a proportion of, for a single crop; said of a farm.