A measuring tool or rod used by surveyors and acremans to measure and mark land in acres.
From acre + staff (a tool or stick). Acrestaffs were physical measuring implements used in land surveying before modern instruments.
The acrestaff is a brilliant example of how tool names reveal history—it's literally a 'staff for measuring acres,' showing how straightforward medieval people were with naming practical objects!
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