Definition of virgate
:an old English unit of land area usually understood as equaling one quarter of a hide (thirty acres)
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Origin and Etymology of virgate
Medieval Latin virgata, from virga, a land measure, from Latin, rod
Origin and Etymology of virgate
New Latin virgatus, from Latin, made of twigs, from virga
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