farthingdale

For the unit of capacity, see farthendelle.

In England, 13th – 19th century, two units of land area that became confounded. The "dale" is not the "dale" of hill and dale, but deal, meaning part. Also spelled farding-land, farundale, ferundel. It had two meanings:

¼ of a yard-land or virgate = 10 statute acres (4.050 hectares). Please see the source note in hide.
¼ of an acre = 1 rood = 40 square perches (0.101 hectare).

Sources

FARDING-LAND, or Farundale of Land; is the fourth part of an Acre.

Worlidge, 1704.