square rod

American  

noun

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

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square rod

“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

Scarce a square rod, within a circle of several hundred fathoms’ circumference, that did not exhibit their stiff, wicked-looking dorsal fins cutting sharply above the surface.

From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Reid, Mayne

The hook-gauge consists of a square rod of, say, lin side, with a metal hook at the bottom, as shown in Fig.

From The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns by Adams, Henry C.

Near one end a small square hole was cut, and through this they put a square rod of iron, which the blacksmith sold them for a shilling—about three times its value.

From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard

To insure the proper action of whatever manures are used and to secure healthy crops, an application of slaked quicklime, at the rate of fourteen to twenty pounds per square rod, is strongly recommended.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons