— carucated , adj.
/kar"oo kayt', -yoo-/ , n.
an old English unit of land-area measurement, varying from 60 to 160 acres.
[ 1375-1425; late ME carrucata, equiv. to car ( r ) uc ( a ) plow, plow team (L: traveling carriage, with the sense "wheeled plow" in Gaul ( > F charru plow); akin to L carrus four-wheeled Gaulish wagon; see CAR 1 ) + -ata -ATE 1 ]