Usually means: Medieval land measurement, about thirty acres.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word virgate:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. virgate: Merriam-Webster
  2. virgate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. virgate, virgate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. virgate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. virgate: Wordnik
  6. virgate: Wiktionary
  7. virgate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. virgate: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. virgate: Dictionary.com
  10. Virgate (botany), Virgate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Virgate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. virgate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Virgate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. virgate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. virgate: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  16. virgate: FreeDictionary.org
  17. virgate: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. virgate: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. virgate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  3. Virgate: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia
  4. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (virgate)

noun:  (historical) The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising ยนโ„โ‚„ of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.
adjective:  Rod-shaped: straight, long, and thin, (particularly botany) the habitus of plants with straight, erect branches.
adjective:  (mycology) Finely striped, often with dark fibers.

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