furlong

[ fur-lawng, -long ]

noun

1. a unit of distance, equal to 220 yards (201 meters) or ⅛ mile (0.2 kilometer). : fur.

furlong

/ ˈfɜːˌlɒŋ /

noun

1. a unit of length equal to 220 yards (201.168 metres)

Word History and Origins

Origin of furlong¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English furlang “length of a furrow”; furrow, long ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of furlong¹

Old English furlang , from furh furrow + lang long ¹

Example Sentences

If you text a friend asking them to go for a trail run or a bike ride and propose the distance to them in furlongs or rods, please send me a screenshot that includes their reaction.

From Outside Online

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Then the steady gallop of Rollo told once more—another furlong, and the Ismaelian would face his doom.

From Project Gutenberg

It certainly makes no difference whether the land be a square furlong or a continent.

From Project Gutenberg

And one company of my bowmen would put them all to flight ere you could ride a furlong!

From Project Gutenberg