square measure

American  

noun

1. a system of units for the measurement of surfaces or areas.

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square measure British  

noun

1. a unit or system of units for measuring areas

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Etymology

Origin of square measure

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

The "square measure," upon which the coinage, if I may so call it is based, following exactly the measure of length, each larger area in the ascending scale represents 144 times that below it.

From Across the Zodiac by Greg, Percy

Professor Oppert, Dr. Eisenlohr, M. Thureau-Dangin, and others have discussed at length the plan of a field,644 which has the sides of several plots given in linear measure and the areas in square measure.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)

We may add this is better than selling by square measure.

From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various

The Academy dictionary gives mojoda as a square measure, deriving it from the low Latin modiata from modius.

From The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 by Olson, Julius E.

The root of life was the cube root; the measure of existence was square measure.

From The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million by Henry, O.