Fallow (unit)
The fallow land was a French / Dutch measure of length and in Bruges the so-called small cubit . Another name was Schweizerelle or Stab, since the measure was also valid in Switzerland . Here it was the Demi-Aune, 2 feet in length.
- 1 fallow area = 250 1/5 Parisian lines = 0.564 meters .
In addition to the large cubit, the aune with 1.188 meters, there was also the linen cord or small aune for the retail trade with 1.143 meters.
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, pp. 11, 27, 77
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jacob Heinrich Kaltschmidt: The latest and most complete foreign dictionary to explain all words and expressions borrowed from foreign languages. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1870, p. 124