extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

plural form of acre, extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres, A medieval land measure equal to the amount of land that could sustain one free family; usually 100 acres Forty hides equalled a barony, verb_ be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety, cover as if with a shroud, make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing, transitive verb_ To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing, To remove from danger; to shelter, intransitive verb_ To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them