Bo"vate (?), n. [LL. bovata, fr. bos, bovis, ox.] O.Eng.Law.
An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; an ancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usually estimated at fifteen acres.
© Webster 1913.
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