1. In England, a measure of land consisting in as much as could be worked with one plow, variously estimated as 30 to 120 acres but probably determined by local usage. • A hide was anciently employed as a unit of taxation. Cf. CARUCATE.
2. As much land as would support one family or the dwellers in a mansion-house. — Also termed (in senses 1 & 2) hide land.
3. A house; a dwelling house.
