tract

noun

1. Archaic
   1. duration or lapse of time
   2. a period of time
2. a continuous expanse of land or of water, mineral deposit, etc.; stretch; extent; area
3. ☆ Chiefly West a housing development
4. Anat., Zool.
   1. a system of parts or organs, or an elongated region, having some special function: the genitourinary tract
   2. a bundle of nerve fibers having the same origin, termination, and function
5. R.C.Ch. in the former Latin Mass, one or more penitential verses said, as in Lent, after the Gradual

noun

1. Obsolete a treatise
2. a propagandizing pamphlet, esp. one on a religious or political subject