GUNTER'S CHAIN


Meaning of GUNTER'S CHAIN in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized G

Etymology: after Edmund Gunter died 1626

: a chain 66 feet long consisting of 100 links of 7.92 inches that is the unit of length for surveys of United States public lands

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