Assertion: acre | /r/HasProperty | the amount of land
Facets:
value: originally
type: OTHER
value: roughly
type: DEGREE
value: previously
type: TEMPORAL
value: by a yoke of oxen
type: OTHER
value: in one day
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: An acre was the amount of land tillable by one man behind one ox in one day.
text: As detailed in the box on the right, an acre was roughly the amount of land tillable by a yoke of oxen in one day.
text: The acre was originally the amount of land that could be plowed in a single day with oxen, or actually, what could be done by midday, since refueling took all afternoon (the oxen had to be put out to pasture).
text: Centuries ago, farmers considered an acre to be the amount of land that could be plowed in a day with a yoke of oxen with a wooden plow.
text: An acre was originally the amount of land that a farmer could plow in one day with a team of oxen.
text: The acre was previously the amount of land that could be tilled by a yoke of oxen in a single day.
text: The acre was approximately the amount of land estimated tillable by one man plowing behind an ox in one day.
text: The acre was originally the amount of land that could be plowed in a single day with oxen , or actually, what could be done by midday, since refueling took all afternoon (the oxen had to be put out to pasture).
text: An Acre was originally the amount of land an ox could plough in one day and was 1 chain wide by 10 chains long, or 22yds
text: A furlong is the distance an oxcart can plow before needing a rest, an Acre is the amount of land an oxcart can plow in a day.
text: An acre was the amount of land tillable by one man behind one ox in one day.
text: The acre was originally the amount of land that could be plowed in a single day with oxen , or actually, what could be done by midday, since refueling took all afternoon (the oxen had to be put out to pasture).