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ar⋅pent

  [ahr-puhnt; Fr. ar-pahn]
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–noun, plural -pents  [-puhnts; Fr. -pahn] .
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
Origin:
1570–80; < MF < L arepennis half-acre < Gaulish; akin to MIr airchenn unit of area
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ar·pent   (är-päɴ')   
n.  Any of various French units of land measurement, especially one used in parts of Canada and the southern United States and equal to about 0.4 hectare (0.85 acre).

[French, from Old French, from Latin arepennis, half acre; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]
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