Arpent

n.

1.

Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq. yards, or nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English.

Noun

1.

arpent - a former French unit of area; equal approximately to an acre

ARPENT. A quantity of land containing a French acre. 4 Hall's Law Journal, 518.

area unit, square measure