dacra

Latin

Etymology

From decuria (“a ten of something”), from decem (“ten”).[1]

Noun

dacra

(Medieval) The dicker, a various English units of 10 items.

References

dacra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Skeat, Walter William. "Dicker, Daykyr" in Notes on English Etymology.

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