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virgate

/ˈvɜːɡət/US/vɜɹˈɡeɪt/

virgate noun: the yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising ¹⁄₄ of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.

virgate: the yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising ¹⁄₄ of a hide and notionally...
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Noun

virgate (plural virgates)

  1. (historical) The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising ¹⁄₄ of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.

Adjective

virgate (not comparable)

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

virgate meaning in Tamil and Urdu

virgate in Tamil

முற்கால நில அளவைக் கூறு

virgate in Urdu

چھڑیلا, راست, سیدھا اور پتلا

Synonyms of virgate

Forms of virgate

pluralvirgates

Origin of virgate

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

Borrowed from Latin virgātus.

Words formed from virgate

Questions about virgate

What does virgate mean?
Virgate means the yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising ¹⁄₄ of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.
What is virgate in Tamil?
Virgate in Tamil is முற்கால நில அளவைக் கூறு. See Virgate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is virgate?
Virgate can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce virgate?
Virgate is pronounced /vɜɹˈɡeɪt/ (US).
What is the plural of virgate?
The plural of virgate is virgates.

Words near virgate in the dictionary

  1. virgae
  2. virgal
  3. virgalieu
  4. virgalieus
  5. virgas
  6. virgate
  7. virgated
  8. virgately
  9. virgater
  10. virgaters
  11. virgates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: virgate (page history and authors); virgate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); virgate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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