vergée

UK/ˈvəːʒeɪ/

noun

A measure of land, having varying values in Guernsey and Jersey, but approximately 18,000 square feet.

OriginNorman vergée ← Anglo-Norman vergé →
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Meanings

nounvergée (plural vergées)

plural vergées

  1. Channel IslandsA measure of land, having varying values in Guernsey and Jersey, but approximately 18,000 square feet.

    Her father had given her a cottage in the Robergerie with a vergée of land and a greenhouse.

    1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 34

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normanvergé
  2. Normanvergée
  3. Englishvergée

From Norman vergée, from Anglo-Norman vergé, vergee, originally terre vergee (“measured land”). Doublet of virgate.

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Chicago

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