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

3. (Британія, застаріле, діалектне)An undefined portion of an unenclosed field.

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

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

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

7. (діалектне)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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