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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONACRE

CONACRE Con *a "cre, v. t.

Defn: To underlet a proportion of, for a single crop; -- said of a farm. [Ireland ]

CONACRE

CONACRE Con *a "cre, n.

Defn: A system of letting a proportion of a farm for a single crop. [Ireland ] Also used adjectively; as, the conacre system or principle. Mozley & W.

New American Oxford Dictionary

conacre

conacre |ˈkɒneɪkə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in Ireland ) the letting by a tenant of small portions of land prepared for crops or grazing. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from corn 1 + acre .

Oxford Dictionary

conacre

conacre |ˈkɒneɪkə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in Ireland ) the letting by a tenant of small portions of land prepared for crops or grazing. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from corn 1 + acre .