conacre

/ (kʌˈneːkər) /

noun

Irish farming land let for a season or for eleven months

Word Origin for conacre

C19: from corn 1 + acre

Words nearby conacre

con spirito, con trick, con-, con., cona, conacre, conad, conakry, conan, conan doyle, conant

Example sentences from the Web for conacre

  • The neighboring gentry are bent, as conacre has ceased to pay, on supplanting the population by cattle.

    The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 |E. Rameur

  • A thousand excuses will be made for taking partners, for subletting on the "conacre" and other systems.

    Disturbed Ireland |Bernard H. Becker

  • The pig paid the rent, and made manure which was put out on the ground of some neighbouring farmer, hired as 'conacre.'

    The Land-War In Ireland (1870) |James Godkin

  • By letting this conacre land in little patches, a high rent is secured, which the tenants have no option but to promise to pay.

    Disturbed Ireland |Bernard H. Becker