Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, historical, uncountable)A chain; A unit of length equal to 22 yards.

Origin

From an ordinance by Edward I of England fixing the size of an acre as a 'furlong in lengt

From an ordinance by Edward I of England fixing the size of an acre as a 'furlong in length and four poles in breadth'.

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