surveyor's chain

American  

noun

1. chain8a

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surveyor's chain British  

noun

1. a measuring chain 22 yards in length; Gunter's chain See chain

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Example Sentences

On Monday I was out by ten o'clock, armed with a surveyor's chain.

From The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm by Streeter, John Williams

I can understand your rods and links," said the old man; "for I know your surveyor's chain is four rods long, and has a hundred links.

From The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

The ax and the surveyor's chain, along with the rifle and the hunting-knife, constituted the armorial bearings of the pioneer.

From The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 by Henderson, Archibald

And yet, if a man were to go around the earth with a surveyor's chain, there would seem to be plenty of room for all who are born upon it.

From Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy by Lee, Gerald Stanley

Distances on the earth may be measured by a foot-rule or a surveyor's chain, but to measure the spaces between the stars we must have a base-line in the sky.

From Memoranda Sacra by Harris, J. Rendel (James Rendel)