statute mile
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of statute mile
First recorded in 1860–65
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A Geographical Mile is one-seventh more than a statute mile.
From Journal of a Voyage across the Atlantic by George Moore
Toscanelli's mile was nearly equivalent to the English statute mile.
From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by John Fiske
This is also the length of 1⁄8th of the statute mile.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
The Survey has also engraved a map of Dublin City on the enormous scale of five feet to a statute mile.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
The other work is a general shaded map of Ireland, on a scale of one inch to the statute mile.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
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