Associations to the word «Arpent»

Wiktionary

ARPENT, noun. A unit of length, having various official measures
ARPENT, noun. A unit of area, having various official measures

Dictionary definition

ARPENT, noun. A former French unit of area; equal approximately to an acre.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope