Look up: Furlong

1. Furlong
   Lengths: 220 yards. 40 rods. 10 chains. Length of an Ox plough furrow; length of a medieval strip field.
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2. Furlong
   Ancient Measurement Terms: (Anglo-Saxon field.) The length of a plough furrow - ie. Furrow-long. In the strip field farming system, the length of the field strip ploughed before turning the ox team to plough the next furrow.
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3. furlong
   [n] - a unit of length equal to 220 yards
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4. Furlong
   A measure of length equal to four chains or 88 yards. (80.4 metres)
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5. Furlong
   A distance of one-eight of a mile. The name is derived from the Old English word fuhrlang that means 'the length of a furrow'. It represents the distance a team of oxen could plow without needing a rest.Conversions1 furlong=0.125 mile1 furlong=220 yards1 furlong=201.168 metres1 furlong=660 feet1 fur...
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6. Furlong
   Fur'long noun [ Middle English furlong , furlang , Anglo-Saxon furlang , furlung , prop., the length of a furrow; furh furrow + lang long. See Furrow , and Long , adjective<...
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7. Furlong
   • (a.) A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.
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8. furlong
   old English unit of length, based on the length of an average plowed furrow (hence `furrow-long,` or furlong) in the English open- or common-field ... [2 related articles]
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9. furlong
   furlong: see English units of measurement.
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10. Furlong
    The furlong is a unit of the imperial scale of measurement of length equivalent to 10 chains, 220 yards or 201.168 metres. The name furlong derives from furrow-long or furrow length, when it described the length of a furrow, and also the ancient acre, that is 40 perches.
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11. furlong
    Unit of measurement, originating in Anglo-Saxon England, equivalent to 220 yd (201.168 m). A furlong consists of 40 rods, poles, or perches; 8 furlongs equal one statute mile. Its literal meaning is `furrow-long`, and refers to the length of a furrow in the common field characteristic of medieval farming
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12. Furlong
    220 yards
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13. Furlong
    A rectangular plot for farming divided into strips; all the strips in a furlong grow the same crops.
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14. furlong
    English unit of measurement equaling 660 feet, which was the length of the traditional furrow on English farms; from furrow long.
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15. Furlong
    An eighth of a mile (220 yards)
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16. Furlong
    One-eighth of a mile or 220 yards or 660 feet (approx. 200 meters).
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17. Furlong
    The measure of distance used for all flat races in the British Isles. One Furlong equates to 220 yards and there are eight Furlongs in a mile.
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18. Furlong
    A `furlong` is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220&nbsp;yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries. Five furlongs are approximately 1 kilomet...
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