surveyor's chain
Americannoun
noun
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He ran his surveyor's chain far into the wilderness to the west of Mount Vernon.
From George Washington by Thayer, William Roscoe
He next tried surveying, his surveyor's chain, according to report, being a trailing grapevine.
From American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History by Gordy, Wilbur Fisk
"If he did, he had to use a surveyor's chain," suggested Kent, flipping another small pebble in the direction of the toad's retreat.
From The Red Acorn by McElroy, John
A surveyor's chain: so called by farmers, who do not like their land should be measured by their landlords.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis
But a few rods away, and coming towards him, were two men, one bearing the end of a surveyor’s chain and a bundle of wire rods, the other carrying an axe and gun.
From A Hero of Ticonderoga by Robinson, Rowland E.
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