About The Word Arpent
Learn about the word Arpent to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Arpent definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Arpent
| Arpent Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Arpent?
[n] a former French unit of area; equal approximately to an acre
Synonyms | Synonyms for Arpent: Related Terms | Find terms related to Arpent: See Also | area unit | square measure Arpent In Webster's Dictionary \Ar"pent\, Arpen \Ar"pen\, n. [F. arpent, fr. L.
arepennis, arapennis. According to Columella, a Gallic word
for a measure equiv. to half a Roman jugerum.]
Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different
parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq.
yards, or nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland
arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Gospeler ‐ a preacher of the…
- Twelfthtide ‐ the season…
- Fossilised ‐ set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or…
- European black alder ‐ medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins;…
- Atlantic bottlenose dolphin ‐ the most common dolphin of North Atlantic and Mediterranean;…
- Demi-glaze ‐ sauce Espagnole with extra beef stock simmered down and seasoned…
- Laid paper ‐ writing paper having a watermark of fine lines running across…
- Fra filippo lippi ‐ Italian painter whose works show a three-dimensional style…
- Ureterorenal reflux ‐ a backflow of urine from the ureter into the…
- Take in water ‐ take in water at the bilge;…