Question

What unit of measurement, derived from the Latin word 'field' was initially used for the amount of land a pair of oxen could plough in a day ?a) metre b) hectares c)acre d) yard​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The furlong (meaning furrow length) was the distance a team of oxen could plough without resting. This was standardised to be exactly 40 rods or 10 chains. An acre was the amount of land tillable by one man behind one ox in one day.

Unit of: length

Unit system:

Answer 2

Acre

An acre comes from the Latin word ager meaning field which led to the Old English aecer. Originally an acre was the strip of land that could be plowed in one day by a team of oxen pulling a plough.

An acre comes from the Latin word ager meaning field which led to the Old English aecer. Originally an acre was the strip of land that could be plowed in one day by a team of oxen pulling a plough.