square rod

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

“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

A sack followed him on a rope tied to his leather belt, so that he could beat his hands against his breast as he covered every square rod of dead, curly grass on the uplands.

From The Plow-Woman by Gates, Eleanor

In all cases the quantities of artificials named are intended for use on one square rod or pole of ground.

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

Haul ten or fifteen loads of sand upon a square rod, and plant a tree in it, and it will flourish well.

From Soil Culture by Walden, J. H.

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