virgate

Plural: virgates

Noun

An old English unit of land area, typically 30 acres.
The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising ¹⁄₄ of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.

Adj

Rod-shaped: straight, long, and thin, (particularly botany) the habitus of plants with straight, erect branches.
Finely striped, often with dark fibers.

Examples

Trying to fit VIRGATE on the board felt like trying to measure an entire field with a single tile.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin virgāta, "yard" compared to "virga" as a measuring rod. Doublet of vergée.

Synonyms

yard, yard of land, yardland

Scrabble Score: 11

virgate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
virgate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
virgate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

virgate: valid Words With Friends Word