资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Arpent \Ar"pent\, Arpen \Ar"pen\, n. [F. arpent, fr. L.
   arepennis, arapennis. According to Columella, a Gallic word
   for a measure equiv. to half a Roman jugerum.]
   Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different
   parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq.
   yards, or nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland
   arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English.