carrata

1 carrata v. carata

2 carrata, ~um, ~us [< carrus; cf. carrea, carretta 3, carriata] , cart-load: a (of wine); b (of fuel or sim); c (of corn or hay); d (of sand); e (of lead; sts. = 1,680 lb.). a 790 medicus mihi promisit duo ~a de vino optimo et claro Alcuin Ep. 8.  b 805 †sive [? l. silve] etiam lxxx ~a ex nostra regali silva huic nostrae munificentiae adjunximus CS 321; a1150 concedo ‥ xxx ~as de busche de Libertune E. Ch. Scot. 153; 1168 concessisse ‥ xiij caratas turbarum in marisco de Cipeham CalCh II 96; c1180 habebimus ‥ c ~as lignorum ad duos boves ad ignem meum Doc. Robertsbr. 40; 1185 taillabunt j ~um closture et carriabunt Rec. Templars 7; 1194 concedimus ‥ unam tantum ~am lignorum omni septimana per annum de bosco nostro (Ch. Abbatis) G. S. Alb. I 204; 1256 v ~os petarum annuatim Melrose 333; 1292 dedi ‥ x ~as clausture et x ~as focalis MonA V 357a; 13‥ debent ducere ligna de nemore abbatis ad focum faciendum, viz. ‥ viij ~as vel xvj caretatas Reg. S. Aug. 308.  c c1155 in grancia debent esse xx ~e frumenti RentSurv. R 74; 1259 xxx carata feni possunt haberi in ‥ manerio Cl 488; carretum feni Cust. Westm. (v. carrettata b).  d 1533 pro ‥ j carato zabuli empto viij d. Comp. Swith. 216.  e 1220 habere faciatis constabulario Porecestr’ iiij ~as plumbi ad turrim ‥ cooperiendam Cl 418a; 1244 quod xvij ~as plumbi ‥ cariatas in galeis ‥ recipiant Cl 220; 1266 in carriagio vij ~arum plumbi ExchScot 30; 1300 ~a continente xxiiij pedes et pede continente lxx libras [plumbi] Pipe 145 (Devon) ; a1307 continet ~a xxiiij pedes et quilibet pes continet lxx libras plumbi, prec’ pedis ij s. vj d. KR Ac (Devon) 260/19 r. 4; 1336 xx ~as plumbi ‥ emi facias RScot 464a.