FURLONG


Meaning of FURLONG in English

■ noun an eighth of a mile, 220 yards.

Origin

OE furlang , from furh 'furrow' + lang 'long' (orig. denoting the length of a furrow in a common field, also used as the equivalent of the Roman stadium , one eighth of a Roman mile).

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