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Furlong

//ˈfɜːlɒŋ// name, noun

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Proper Noun

1
A surname. countable, uncountable
2
An unincorporated community in Buckingham Township and Doylestown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. countable, uncountable

Noun

1
A unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (220 yards, or 201.168 metres), now mainly used in measuring distances in farmland and horse racing.
"Novv vvould I giue a thouſand furlongs of Sea, for an Acre of barren ground: Long heath, Brovvne firrs, any thing; the vvills aboue be done, but I vvould faine dye a dry death."
2
a unit of length equal to 220 yards wordnet
3
A unit of land area one furlong (sense 1) square (ten acres, or about four hectares). dated
4
An undefined portion of an unenclosed field. British, dated, dialectal
5
Synonym of stadion (“a Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres”). historical

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6
Synonym of headland (“unploughed boundary of a field”). dialectal
7
Synonym of land (“the ground left unploughed between furrows”). dialectal
8
Synonym of land (“any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing”). dialectal

Etymology

PIE word *dlongʰos From Middle English furlong, forlong (“unit of distance about one-eighth of a mile; quantity of land equal to one square furlong; racetrack for foot races; foot race”) [and other forms], from Old English furlang, furlung, from furh (“a furrow”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig; to open; to rip up”) + lang (“long”, adjective) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”)), originally the typical length of a furrow in an average field.

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