1) Exclusively Saxon word 2) Exclusively Anglo word 3) Imperial unit 4) Linear unit 5) Measure of length 6) One eighth of a mile 7) Racetrack distance 8) Word of purely Anglo origin 9) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins
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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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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 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. Using the internationally accepted conversion ratio that one inch equals exactly 25.4 millimetres, one furlong is 201.168 metres. However, the United States does not uniformly use th...
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An eighth of a mile (220 yards).
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A unit of measurement in flat horse racing. Equals one-eighth of a mile or 220 yards (200 m).[110]
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40 rods, i.e. the length of an acre (C, 36)
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• (a.) A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.
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An eighth of a mile (220 yards)
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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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A rectangular plot for farming divided into strips; all the strips in a furlong grow the same crops.
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One-eighth of a mile or 220 yards or 660 feet (approx. 200 meters).
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40 rods, i.e. the length of an acre (C, 36)
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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 ] A measure of length; the eighth part of a mi...
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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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Lengths: 220 yards. 40 rods. 10 chains. Length of an Ox plough furrow; length of a medieval strip field.
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220 yards
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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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A measure of length equal to four chains or 88 yards. (80.4 metres)
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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 furlong=10 chains (Gunter)1 furlong=40 rods1 furlong=...
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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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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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a unit of distance, equal to 220 yards (201 m) or mile (0.2 km). Abbr.: fur.
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A unit of measurement representing the side length of one square acre. One furlong is approximately 1/8 of a mile, 201.17 meters, or 220 yards.
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[Difficult words] a unit of length equal to 220 yards
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[Obscure words] a unit of length equal to 220 yards
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