In Latvia, ? – 19ᵗʰ century, a unit of land area, about 3716 square meters. Also called a pourvete.
This unit is a seed measure of land, based on a unit of capacity variously called the loof or poure. Like many other old Latvian units, it was derived from those of Holland.
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