Results for tract
Definitions of tract:
part of speech: noun
Something drawn out or extended: continued duration: a region: a short treatise.
part of speech: noun
A short pamphlet or leaflet, usually on some moral or religious subject; a large area of land.
Usage examples for tract:
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The extent of their tract was about 4000 acres.
"The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852", Ben Casseday -
It is by far the most extensive tract of cultivated land that we have seen in the island, and is improved to its utmost capacity.
"Journal of an African Cruiser", Horatio Bridge -
He joined them; then marshaling his men in a wide tract of land at the head of that vast body of water, placed himself with the two supposed De Longuevilles in the van; and in this array marched through the valleys of Strathmore and Strathallen, into Stirlingshire.
"The Scottish Chiefs", Jane Porter