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

3. (UK, dated, dialectal)An undefined portion of an unenclosed field.

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

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

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

7. (dialectal)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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