arpent

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French - English
arpent, a former French unit of area equal approximately to an acre
English - English
{n} a French acre, or 1 square rods
The woodland arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English
The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq
Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different parts of the country
a former French unit of area; equal approximately to an acre
yards, or nearly five sixths of an English acre