“farthingdeal”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

farthingdeal

释义

† ˈfarthingdeal Obs.
Forms: 5 forthingdole, 6–7 farthendele, 7–8 fardingdeal(e, farthingdole, far(r)undell.
[repr. OE. féorðan dǽl, accus. of féorða dǽl fourth part: see fourth and deal n. Cf. halvendeal, thirdendeal. The first element was afterwards regarded as a form of farthing.]
1. gen. A fourth part.
a1400–50Alexander 3844 Als fast as þai þe forthing⁓dole had of þe flode past.
2. spec.
a. The fourth part of an acre; a rood.
1542Recorde Gr. Artes (1575) 208 A Rod of lande, whiche some call a roode..some a Farthendele.1600T. Hill Arith. 67 a, A farthendele or roode of lande.1607J. Cowell Interpr., Farding deale alias Farundell of land signifieth the fourth part of an acre.1692–1732in Coles.1721–1800in Bailey.1835Rep. Muncipal Corporations Comm. II. App. 1248 The remaining..acres are divided into quarter acres, called ‘farthingdoles’.
b. See quot.; = farthing 4 b.
c1640J. Smyth Lives Berkeleys (1883) I. 156 Quarter of a yard land called a farrundell.

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