Cable (unit)

Kabel , also known as Heuleich (e) , was a heap of hay in Saxony . In the broadest sense a level, plant or laying. The measure was a surface measure based on the Saxon valid measures and weights.

• 1 cable = 20 rods long, 2 rods wide = 40 square rods = about 820 square meters

literature

• Johann Kaindl: The German language from its roots. Volume 4, JE Seidel, Sulzbach 1824, p. 55.
• Johann Georg Mensel: Collection and ancestry: Germanic root - words. Johann Jacob Gebauer, Halle 1776, p. 100.