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词汇 quarter section
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Definition of quarter section in English:

quarter section

noun
North American
  • A quarter of a square mile of land; 160 acres (approximately 64.7 hectares).

    〈北美〉四分之一平方英里的土地;一百六十英亩(约 64.7公顷)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's a quarter section of land that we bought about 20 years ago.
    • A quarter section is 160 rods on a side.
    • Kevin now owns a quarter section of his own land.
    • A land system which would accept a score of filings for the same quarter section of land and then leave the settlers to fight for its possession in the courts, would not be held in high esteem.
    • Levi was the last of the six Countryman siblings to buy quarter sections of land near one another in Nininger Township before the financial panic.
    • Subsequent land law commonly regarded 160 acres or a quarter section as sufficient to sustain a homestead or yeoman farm.
    • And, from a quarter section of land, they and son Brandon now farm about 2,000 acres of corn and soybeans in the fertile Missouri River valley in northwest Missouri.
    • In the Great Sand Hills, organic matter or nutrients not held by the blanket of vegetation are carried into the deep sandy abyss or the next quarter section.
    • However, there are countless millions of ‘others’ today who should be pleased to take possession of quarter sections of rich meadow or of a handily located oil well, but cannot find unowned meadows and oil fields any more.
    • Each of these squares was subdivided into thirty-six sections measuring one square mile each, then into 160-acre quarter sections.

Definition of quarter section in US English:

quarter section

noun
North American
  • A quarter of a square mile of land; 160 acres (approximately 64.7 hectares).

    〈北美〉四分之一平方英里的土地;一百六十英亩(约 64.7公顷)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And, from a quarter section of land, they and son Brandon now farm about 2,000 acres of corn and soybeans in the fertile Missouri River valley in northwest Missouri.
    • Levi was the last of the six Countryman siblings to buy quarter sections of land near one another in Nininger Township before the financial panic.
    • Each of these squares was subdivided into thirty-six sections measuring one square mile each, then into 160-acre quarter sections.
    • A quarter section is 160 rods on a side.
    • However, there are countless millions of ‘others’ today who should be pleased to take possession of quarter sections of rich meadow or of a handily located oil well, but cannot find unowned meadows and oil fields any more.
    • A land system which would accept a score of filings for the same quarter section of land and then leave the settlers to fight for its possession in the courts, would not be held in high esteem.
    • In the Great Sand Hills, organic matter or nutrients not held by the blanket of vegetation are carried into the deep sandy abyss or the next quarter section.
    • Subsequent land law commonly regarded 160 acres or a quarter section as sufficient to sustain a homestead or yeoman farm.
    • Kevin now owns a quarter section of his own land.
    • It's a quarter section of land that we bought about 20 years ago.
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