Usage examples for tract:

• It is fair, in passing, to remark that the above allusion to the night visit of Pocahontas to Smith in this tract of 1612 helps to confirm the story, which does not appear in the previous narration of Smith's encounter with Powhatan at Werowocomoco in the same tract but is celebrated in the " General Historie." "Captain John Smith" – Charles Dudley Warner Last Updated: February 22, 2009

• Chance provided them with a tract of land without natural obstacles, a long even stretch of plain, where the waters, having a fall of ten feet, could be distributed at will. "The Village Rector" – Honore de Balzac

• They claim a large tract of country lying to the south and south- east of the Laitkynsew plateau, containing not only orange gardens, but also valuable lime quarries. "The Khasis" – P. R. T. Gurdon