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hide | 0.24 hide | 0.48 hide | 0.72 hide | 0.96 hide | 1.2 hide | 1.44 hide | 1.68 hide | 1.92 hide | 2.16 hide | 2.4 hide | 2.64 hide | 2.88 hide | 3.12 hide | 3.36 hide | 3.6 hide | 3.84 hide | 4.08 hide | 4.32 hide | 4.56 hide | 4.8 hide | 5.04 hide | 5.28 hide | 5.52 hide | 5.76 hide | 6 hide | 6.24 hide | 6.48 hide | 6.72 hide | 6.96 hide | 7.2 hide | 7.44 hide | 7.68 hide | 7.92 hide | 8.16 hide | 8.4 hide | 8.64 hide | 8.88 hide | 9.12 hide | 9.36 hide | 9.6 hide | 9.84 hide | 10.08 hide | 10.32 hide | 10.56 hide | 10.8 hide | 11.04 hide | 11.28 hide | 11.52 hide | 11.76 hide | 12 hide | 12.24 hide | 12.48 hide | 12.72 hide | 12.96 hide | 13.2 hide | 13.44 hide | 13.68 hide | 13.92 hide | 14.16 hide | 14.4 hide | 14.64 hide | 14.88 hide | 15.12 hide | 15.36 hide | 15.6 hide | 15.84 hide | 16.08 hide | 16.32 hide | 16.56 hide | 16.8 hide | 17.04 hide | 17.28 hide | 17.52 hide | 17.76 hide | 18 hide | 18.24 hide | 18.48 hide | 18.72 hide | 18.96 hide | 19.2 hide | 19.44 hide | 19.68 hide | 19.92 hide | 20.16 hide | 20.4 hide | 20.64 hide | 20.88 hide | 21.12 hide | 21.36 hide | 21.6 hide | 21.84 hide | 22.08 hide | 22.32 hide | 22.56 hide | 22.8 hide | 23.04 hide | 23.28 hide | 23.52 hide | 23.76 hide | 24 hide |
The virgate, yardland, or yard of land (Latin: virgāta [terrae]) was an English unit of land. Primarily a measure of tax assessment rather than area, the virgate was usually (but not always) reckoned as 1⁄4 hide and notionally (but seldom exactly) equal to 30 acres. It was equivalent to two of the Danelaw's oxgangs.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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yardland | ≈ 30 ac | ≈ 1.2×105 m2 | Other |
yardlands | hides | yardlands | hides |
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1 | = 0.24 | 6 | = 1.44 |
2 | = 0.48 | 7 | = 1.68 |
3 | = 0.72 | 8 | = 1.92 |
4 | = 0.96 | 9 | = 2.16 |
5 | = 1.2 | 10 | = 2.4 |
The hide was an English unit of land measurement originally intended to represent the amount of land sufficient to support a household.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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hide | ≈ 120 ac (variable) | ≈ 5×105 m2 | Other |
hides | yardlands | hides | yardlands |
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1 | = 4.1666666666667 | 6 | = 25 |
2 | = 8.3333333333333 | 7 | = 29.166666666667 |
3 | = 12.5 | 8 | = 33.333333333333 |
4 | = 16.666666666667 | 9 | = 37.5 |
5 | = 20.833333333333 | 10 | = 41.666666666667 |
yardlands | hides |
---|---|
1 | = 0.24 |
4.1666667 | = 1 |
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |