arpent

Meaning

Noun

A pre-metric French unit of length, having various official measures.
A pre-metric French unit of area, having various official measures.

Origin

From French arpent, from Late Latin arepennis ("surface of a field"), from Gaulish *are-penno- ("end, extremity of a field").

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