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This article is about the Scottish land tenure. For the Greek unit of measure, see Ancient Greek and Byzantine units.

Half-foot (Scottish Gaelic: leth-chois, Scots: hauf-fit) was a kind of land tenure peculiar to northern and western Scotland.

The possessor, generally impoverished, or without facilities for working the land, often furnished the land and seed corn, and the tenant cultivated it, the produce being equally divided between them. There have been instances of it in the 20th century.

Other uses:

  • A certain stage in the drying of peats.
  • Part of a hand line

See also

References

  • This article incorporates text from Dwelly's Gaelic Dictionary (1911). leth-chois, leth-chas
  • Clan Donald, iii


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