"Roods" Example Sentences
1. The church was built on 10,000 square roods of land.
2. They used a team of oxen to plow the roods of farmland.
3. There were 60 roods of fencing needed to enclose the pasture.
4. The property was measured in acres and roods, as was common in the 19th century.
5. The village green covered two roods of land.
6. The farmers each owned several roods of land in the valley.
7. The new development was planned to cover just over 16 roods of land.
8. The house sat on two roods of land and had a large garden.
9. A rood screen used to divide the nave and chancel in medieval churches.
10. The church roof was supported by oak roods.
11. The roods of land were divided into individual plots for farming.
12. The boundary for the estate extended several roods beyond the main house.
13. The roods of land were too steep to grow crops and were left as wild pasture.
14. The villagers maintained the roods of footpaths that wound between the fields.
15. The roods of farmland were dotted with wildflowers and hedgerows.
16. The measurement of 1 rood is equivalent to 1/4 of an acre.
17. The old mill was situated on two roods of land by the river.
18. The roods of meadow were perfect for grazing sheep.
19. The large estate was made up of hundreds of roods of farmland and woodland.
20. The farmer plowed each of his 20 roods of land in a single day.
21. The surveyor measured the property's exact size down to the nearest rood.
22. The churchyard covered 2 roods of land and had been used for burials for centuries.
23. The roods of land gradually gave way to a rocky outcrop.
24. The building company fenced off the 5 roods of site for the new housing project.
25. The river flowed through several roods of marshy land before reaching the sea.
26. The village had a rood fair every year where farmers came to trade livestock.
27. The estate was measured in roods and perches, an outdated system of measurement.
28. The roods of land were covered in a thick layer of snow during the winter.
29. The farmers were each allocated a specific number of roods of land to work.
30. The smallholding comprised of 12 roods of land and a modest house.
Common Phases
1. The
roods in my garden need trimming;
2. The old barn is filled with
roods of hay;
3. We measured the distance in
roods and furlongs;
4. The farmer planted rows of
roods of corn;
5. The construction crew cleared several
roods of land for the new building;
6. The property is approximately five
roods in size;
7. The horse ran across the field, covering several
roods in seconds;
8. The real estate agent estimated that the plot of land was worth a few hundred
roods;
9. The surveyor measured the perimeter of the land in
roods;
10. The farmer used a plow to cultivate the soil for several
roods.