Home › Words › O › oxlandoxlandoxland means an old land measure, equivalent to eight acres.EtymologyFrom ox + land, in reference to ploughing capacity.nounAn old land measure, equivalent to eight acres.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.sowling 61% match — A unit of land of 160 acres. vs oxland →oxgate 56% match — Synonym of oxgang. vs oxland →auln 56% match — An ell (unit of measure). vs oxland →achtel 56% match — An old German measure of capacity. vs oxland →acre 55% match — An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres. vs oxland →oxengate 55% match — Synonym of oxgang. vs oxland →farthingdale 55% match — A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre. vs oxland →oxling 54% match — A small, young, or miniature ox. vs oxland →