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carrucae

carrucae is the plural of carruca.

Meaning of carruca

Noun

carruca (plural carrucas or carrucae)

  1. (historical) A heavy wheeled turnplough that was used during the Middle Ages.
    • Pliny mentions another carriage of imperial Rome — the carruca, which had four wheels and was used equally in the city and for long journeys.1912, Ralph Straus, Carriages & Coaches: Their History & Their Evolution, page 34
    Synonyms:
    heavy plough

Questions about carrucae

What is carrucae the plural of?
Carrucae is the plural of carruca.

Words near carrucae in the dictionary

  1. Carrs Island
  2. Carrs Peninsula
  3. Carrubba
  4. Carrubbas
  5. carruca
  6. carrucae
  7. carrucas
  8. carrucate
  9. carrucates
  10. Carrum
  11. Carrum Downs

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