A medieval unit of land measurement originally associated with the amount of land needed to support a household.
A hide was a medieval unit of land measurement.
Originally, a hide was associated with the amount of land considered sufficient to support one household, although the actual area varied considerably according to local conditions.
The hide was also used as a basis for taxation and assessment in Anglo-Saxon and medieval England.
Because land productivity differed between regions, hides cannot be converted into a fixed modern acreage.
See also:
Bovate
Carucate
Virgate
Acre
