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. Etymology: ML(Ec) tractus

   R.C.Ch. in the former Latin Mass, one or more penitential verses said, as in Lent, after the Gradual

Etymology: L tractus, a drawing out, extent < pp. of trahere, to draw

noun

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

Etymology: ME tracte < LL tractatus: see tractate