statute mile

American  

[stach-oot mahyl, stach-oot] / ˈstætʃ ut ˌmaɪl, ˈstætʃ ʊt /

noun

1. mile.

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statute mile British  

noun

1. a legal or formal name for mile

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Etymology

Origin of statute mile

First recorded in 1860–65

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How does statute-mile compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• nautical mile vs. statute mile
• nautical vs. statute mile

Example Sentences

This is also the length of 1⁄8th of the statute mile.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

The other work is a general shaded map of Ireland, on a scale of one inch to the statute mile.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

The statute mile is 5280 feet; but that used at sea, termed the mean nautic mile, consists of 6075·6 feet, or 60 to a degree.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Toscanelli's mile was nearly equivalent to the English statute mile.

From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John

The Survey has also engraved a map of Dublin City on the enormous scale of five feet to a statute mile.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)