Definitions for "Virgate"
Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender.
A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres.
One quarter of a hide. However, in the Devonshire Domesday Book, was used as a unit of tax rather than of land area. Hemyock was assessed as paying Geld for one Virgate. Also called a yardland or yard of land.