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hide¹

Brit a place of concealment, usually disguised to appear as part of the natural environment, used by hunters, birdwatchers, etc.

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hide²

the skin of an animal, esp the tough thick skin of a large mammal, either tanned or raw

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hide³

an obsolete Brit unit of land measure, varying in magnitude from about 60 to 120 acres

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hide [hīd]

(materials)

A raw or dressed pelt, especially from a large, adult animal such as a cow.

(vertebrate zoology)

Outer covering of an animal.

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Hide 

a communal land allotment in England in the early Middle Ages. It was tilled by members of the so-called extended family. The most common size of the hide was 120 acres of plowable land. As a result of the fragmentation of peasant agriculture and the impoverishment of the ceorls during the development of feudalism, by the tenth century the virgate (one-fourth of a hide) became the land allotment for many peasants. Eventually, the hide became a unit of land measurement.