ploughgate

English

Alternative forms

• plowgate

Noun

ploughgate (plural ploughgates)

1. (Scotland) The Scottish carucate or hide: a unit of land area and tax assessment intended to support a household.
   • 1818 July 25, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, III, or IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC:

     Not having one ploughgate of land.

Synonyms

• (Scottish, uncommon): daugh
• (English equivalents): See carucate

Hypernyms

• (Scottish, 4 ploughgates): daugh
• (English equivalents): See carucate

Hyponyms

• (Scottish, ¹⁄₂ ploughgate): See ochdamh
• (Scottish, ¹⁄₈ ploughgate): See oxgang
• (Scottish, ¹⁄₁₀₀ ploughgate, notionally): acre, Scottish acre, Scots acre, acair
• (Scottish, ¹⁄₄₀₀ ploughgate): rood, Scottish rood, Scots rood, ruid, ròd
• (English equivalents): See carucate