furlong

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.

   фурло́нгfurlóng, фарло́нгfarlóng

   фу́рлонгfúrlonh, фа́рлонгfárlonh

   a unit of length equal to 220 yards

2. (устаревшее)A unit of land area one furlong (sense 1) square (ten acres, or about four hectares).

3. (Британия, устаревшее, диалектное)An undefined portion of an unenclosed field.

4. (историческое)Synonym of stadion (“a Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres”).

5. (диалектное)Synonym of headland (“unploughed boundary of a field”).

6. (диалектное)Synonym of land (“the ground left unploughed between furrows”).

7. (диалектное)Synonym of land (“any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing”).

1. The horses did a six furlong workout this morning.

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