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carucate (dict)
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CarucateThe carucate was both a unit of assessment and a peasant landholding unit found in most of the Danelaw counties. The word derives from caruca, Latin for a plough. In the Doomsday Book the carucate was a nominal 120 acres (490,000 m²), based on the area a plough team could till in a year. Latin, carucata.
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