oxgang

Meaning

Noun

• The area of land that could be plowed by an ox in a year, hide or carucate and notionally 15 acres.
• The similar Scottish concept, of a ploughgate and notionally or 13 Scottish acres.

Related

Similar words

• bovate, oxgate, oxengate

Narrower meaning words

• ( oxgang) See nook
• ( oxgang) See fardel
• (various & for further subdivisions) See acre

Broader meaning words

• (800 oxgangs) See hundred
• (8 oxgangs) See carucate
• (Scottish, 4 oxgangs) See ochdamh
• (2 oxgangs) See virgate

Origin

• From Middle English oxegang, from Old English oxangang ("{{frac") hide or ploughland}}, equivalent to ox + gang.