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.
area of about 30 acres [name derives from the Latin word for a rod
(L. virga: rod, stick) adj. Wand-like; straight, slender, slim and erect.
Land unit theoretically sufficient to support a peasant family, varying between 18-32 acres. thru
virgata, virga A quarter of a hide. Used in Domesday for tax purposes.