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a medieval guess at how much one ox could plow before lunch.

originDefined by a day of oxen-powered plowing
shapeWas a long, skinny strip, not a square
sizeExactly 43,560 square feet, oddly precise now
sportRoughly the size of a football field minus endzones
survivalStill legal in US and UK property deeds
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