noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A form of land taxation that replaced Danegeld in twelfth-century England. countable, historical, uncountable
2. 2
   The act of ploughing. countable, obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

From Late Latin carrucagium, from carruca (“plough”); compare tillage.

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