Virgate
Virgate , adjective
[Latin virgatus made of twigs, from virga a twig, rod. See Verge a rod.]
(Botany) Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender.
Virgate , noun
[Late Latin virgata, virgata terrae, so much land as virga terrae, a land measure, contains, from Latin virga a twig, rod.]
A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres. [Obsolete] — T. Warton