pedata

pedata [ML < CL pedatus =provided with feet] , measure of length, foot; b (as measure of land). 1305 de toto exitu minere ‥ quelibet nona ~a dicta formel plumbi erit domini MinAc W. Wales 390.  b c1300 ~a (Ch. Wykes in Bardwell, Suff.) Arch. Soc. Norf XIV 55; ? 1314 quod dissaisiverunt eum de xxv ~is terre in longitudine et viginti tribus ~is in latitudine Couch. Furness II 266; 1336 dedit ‥ priori licenciam dilatandi parcum de Beaurepair, per x ~as in latitudine Graystanes 35; 1487 subarravit capita sex metarum in campo vocato Bokenhamfeld per spacium trium pedat’ CourtR 192/53 r. 1.