forpit
forpit is the alternative form of forpet.
Meaning of forpet
Noun
forpet (plural forpets)
- A quarter (fourth part) used especially as a unit of mass or capacity.
- Now, as I learned afterwards[…]that straw is used each day, which carried six bolls, one firlot, and three forpets of grain; that each bunch of straw yielded something less than one peck and three forpets; and that the extent of ground which produced the straw for one day's consumption, was seventy...1807, Letters from a young Farmer to his Father: The Farmer's Magazine, volume 8, Edinburgh, page 472
Forms of forpit
| plural | forpits |
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Questions about forpit
- What is forpit the alternative form of?
- Forpit is the alternative form of forpet.
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