square rod

American  

noun

1. a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one rod on each side.

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Example Sentences

“There is not a square rod of admirable, hardly one of passable, gravel-walk in all of the Exposition Ground,” he wrote.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

I know of the five bushels to the square rod, and the other fellow had four and a half bushel of Wilson.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.

The machine can spread the peat over eighteen square rods of ground—taking out one square rod of peat—without being moved.

From Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel by Johnson, Samuel W. (Samuel William)

Cover the bed with fine rotted manure, to the depth of two inches, and one half-bushel salt to each square rod.

From Soil Culture by Walden, J. H.

The amount of seed needed to the square rod varies with different seasons, soils, and seeds, but can be loosely a tablespoonful.

From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by Billings, E. R.