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

Bovate \Bo"vate\, n. [LL. bovata, fr. bos, bovis, ox.]
   (O.Eng.Law.)
   An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; an
   ancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usually
   estimated at fifteen acres.