strip

… The cultivated land within the village was divided into several units called plots, each of which was a group, and within each of them the community members generally received an equal share of the land. The pieces of land allocated to each were called strips, but when heavy ploughs, typical of the European Middle Ages, were used, the strips were long and narrow, with a raised center, and were only separated from adjacent strips by the unevenness of the land. The cultivated land belonging to each farmer was scattered throughout the village in many strips, sometimes as many as 30, the same number as the plots, and was mixed with the cultivated land of other community members, and was incorporated into the collective management of agricultural life. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　村域内部の耕地は，それぞれが一団をなす耕区と呼ばれる複数の単位に編成され，そのおのおのの内部で共同体成員が原則として平等な土地配分を受ける。おのおのに配分された地片は地条stripと呼ばれるが，ヨーロッパ中世に典型的な重量犂が用いられる場合には，地条は中央部が盛り上がった細長い帯形を呈し，隣接地条とは土地の凹凸によって区分されるのみであった。個々の農家に属する耕地は，耕区の数と同じく，時には30枚にも及ぶ多数の地条として村域全体に散在し，他の共同体成員の耕地と混じり合っていて，農業生活の集団的運営に組み込まれていた。…

※「strip」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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