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Plowgate

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ploughgatenoun(Scotland) The Scottish carucate or hide: a unit of land area and tax assessment intended to support a household.
ploughgangnounA ploughgate.
gatenounA doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
plowlandnounAlternative spelling of ploughland. [Land that has been or is meant to be ploughed.]
ploughnoun(agriculture) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
plowsharenoun(American spelling) Alternative spelling of ploughshare. [(British spelling) The cutting edge of a plough, typically a metal blade.]
oxgangnoun(historical) The area of land that could be plowed by an ox in a year, ¹⁄₈ hide or carucate and notionally 15 acres.
daughnoun(historical) An obsolete Scots unit equal to 4 ploughgates, notionally comprising 400 Scottish acres.
ploughlandnounLand that has been or is meant to be ploughed.
turnpikenoun(chiefly US) A toll road, especially a toll expressway.
davachnounAlternative form of daugh (“Scots land unit”). [(historical) An obsolete Scots unit equal to 4 ploughgates, notionally comprising 400 Scottish acres.]
plowsolenounAlternative form of plow sole. [A compact layer of soil at the base of a furrow]
plowzonenounAlternative spelling of ploughzone. [(archaeology) The upper region of soil that has undergone ploughing.]
virgatenoun(historical) The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising ¹⁄₄ of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.
groatlandnoun(historical) An old Scots unit of measure of land.
gneevenoun(Ireland) A twelfth part of a ploughland / carucate
carpetwaynounA carpeted way or route.
pot holenounAlternative form of pothole. [A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.]
pot-holenounAlternative form of pothole. [A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.]
highgatenoun(UK dialectal) A highway.

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