Meaning of ferrado | Babel Free

Definitions

1. ferrado, a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 12–18 L
   historical, masculine
2. ferrado, a trapezoidal box formerly used for measuring ferrados of grain
   historical, masculine
3. ferrado, a traditional unit of mass equal to the amount of a substance held by a ferrado, varying from about 12–20 kg depending on each substance's density, irregularity, &c.
   historical, masculine
4. ferrado, a traditional unit of land area reckoned as the amount of land that could be sown with a ferrado of seed, varying from 64–725 m² in different parts of Galicia
   historical, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“oyto fanegas de ligoyma entre fuas et eruellas et ii ferrados de noses”

eight fanegas [~32 ferrados] of legume, both beans and peas, and two ferrados of chestnuts

“o dicto moesteiro abia tres moyos ferrados de pan en a dicta iglesia de Buyercos en cada hun anno”

the aforementioned monastery has right to three reinforced modii [ferrados] of cereals in the aforementioned church of Buxercos, per uyear

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