A group of individual raised strips of ground. (furh-lang – furrow length)
Imperial unit of linear measure: 1/8 of a mile, 10 chain s, 220 yard s. (A "furrow-long".)
a "furrow long" or length of a mediaeval field
a measure of , apparently
a measure of distance Distance between two points The distance between two points is the length of a straight line between them
an ancient British unit of measurement
a measurement of distance
1/8th of a mile; 220 yards; 660 feet.
A distance equal to 1/8th of a mile.
1/8th of a mile. This is used as a distance on a track.
One eighth of a mile; most races are measured in furlongs.
a unit of linear measurement, equivalent to 220 yards or 1/8 of a mile, originally, the length of a furrow in an open field. The term was also used for a block of strips within an open field.
The measurement unit for measuring a racing track.
A description of distance on a racetrack. 1 furlong = 200 metres.
One-eighth of a mile, 220 yards, 660 feet.
A unit of length = 220 yards
ferlinus, ferdinus, quarentina Area or length of land for tax assessment; area was one sixteenth of a hide or one quarter of a virgate; length about 220 yards.
A linear measure, one eighth of a mile, used in horse racing, issued by the executor of an estate.
A unit of distance used in horse racing equal to 1/8 or a mile or 220 yards.
one-eighth of a mile, the basic unit of distance in horse racing
Eighth of a mile – used to indicate distances in horse racing.
Flatt] 220 yards length (x 22 yards (1 chain) = 1 acre, 4840 square yards). Then the average furrow in a ploughed field. (Wood, Michael. Domesday: A Search for the Roots of England, 213) Plot of arable land, subdivision of a field. (Gies, Frances and Joseph. Life in a Medieval Village, 244) A sub-division of the arable open fields, within which the constituent selions had their long axes parallel. (Beresford, Maurice and Hurst, John. Wharram Percy: Deserted Medieval Village, 137)
One eighth of a mile or 220 yards
A measure of length equal to four chains or 88 yards. (80.4 metres)
A furlong is one-eighth of a mile, which is 220 yards.
The distance of all flat races in the British Isles are measured in Furlong. Equates to 220 yards and there are eight furlongs in a mile.
One-eighth of a mile (220 yards), originating from the old English 'furrow long.'
One eighth of a mile. Originally a "furrow long" or the length of a plowed field.
One-eighth of a mile, 660 feet (220 yards) or 201.17 meters.
The standard measure in U.S. racing. One furlong equals one eighth of a mile.
A furlong is a measure of distance within imperial units and U.S. customary units, and is equal to 660 feet or 201.168 metres. There are eight furlongs in a mile.