Old, peasant field measure (also yoke, juchart or Tagewerk) corresponding to the size of a field that could be ploughed in one morning with a single horse or ox team or mown by a single man using a scythe. It was also used to describe the agricultural area that a man could work with a team from morning to evening. The size of a mostly rectangular acre varied greatly from region to region and ranged from 0.25 to over one hectare.

The historical measure of area, the hoof, was divided into acres. Today, four acres generally correspond to one hectare. In terms of importance and size, the old measurements of acre and yoke, as well as the Anglo-American acre, are quite similar. The yoke in turn corresponds to 1,600 square kilometres. The long fathom corresponds to an arm span of 1.9 metres. See also under area measurements, hollow measurements and units of measurement.
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