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furlong

Syllabification: (fur·long)
Definition of furlong

noun

  • an eighth of a mile, 220 yards.

Origin:

Old English furlang, from furh 'furrow' + lang 'long' The word originally denoted the length of a furrow in a common field (formally regarded as a square of ten acres). It was also used as the equivalent of the Roman stadium, one eighth of a Roman mile, whence the current sense. Compare with stadium

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