English
hidation
From hide + -ation.
Formed from hide + -ation
Proto-Germanic *huzdą ‘treasure, hoard’
Proto-Germanic *huzdijaną ‘to hoard’
Proto-West Germanic *huʀdijan ‘to conceal’
Old English hȳdan ‘to hide’
Middle English hiden ‘to conceal’
English hide
Today it means
noun Division (of a larger territory, such as a shire or hundred) into hides
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hidation