Skip (unit)

Skip , also called Schip , was a measure of area in the Schleswig-Holstein fishing area . Since the term means bushel, it may have been a sowing measure .

• 1 skip = 5.0456 ares
• 6 Schip (p) = 144 square rods (other locations = 240 square rods) = 1 Heitscheffel

literature

• Joachim Heinrich Campe : Dictionary of the German Language, Volume 2. Schulbuchhandlung, Braunschweig 1808, S. 609.
• Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values ​​and proportions to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 388.