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furlong
[ fur-lawng, -long ]
noun
- a unit of distance, equal to 220 yards (201 meters) or ⅛ mile (0.2 kilometer). : fur.
furlong
/ ˈfɜːˌlɒŋ /
noun
- a unit of length equal to 220 yards (201.168 metres)
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of furlong1
Old English furlang , from furh furrow + lang long 1
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Example Sentences
But Furlong became legally emancipated that same year, at the age of 16.
From The Daily Beast
A mile-way is twenty minutes; a furlong-wey is two minutes and a half; and the double of it is five minutes.
From Project Gutenberg
A furlong-wey meant the time during which one can walk a furlong, at three miles an hour.
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Then the steady gallop of Rollo told once more—another furlong, and the Ismaelian would face his doom.
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It certainly makes no difference whether the land be a square furlong or a continent.
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And one company of my bowmen would put them all to flight ere you could ride a furlong!
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