How to pronounce virgate
American English pronunciation
VUR-git
- IPA
- /ˈvɝɡɪt/
- Syllables
- VUR · git (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What virgate means
An old English measure of farmland, about thirty acres
In a sentence: Long ago, a farmer might plow a single virgate of land with his oxen.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word for a yard of land. That word grew from the Latin word for a rod, a stick once used for measuring.
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