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Juchart

Synonym (also Juck or Jück) for Joch; see there.

An area measure already used in ancient Rome, corresponding to an area of arable land that could be ploughed in one day (day's work) with one yoke (team) of oxen. Depending on the regional soil conditions, this value was between 25 and 60 ares. Presumably this also applied to Perde, but in the past oxen were mainly used for agricultural work. The term is derived from the Latin jugerum (iugerum), which corresponded...

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