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• furlong — (fur)    a traditional unit of distance. Long before the Norman Conquest in 1066, Saxon farmers in England were measuring distance in rods and furlongs and areas in acres. The word furlong , from the Old English fuhrlang, means the length of a… …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• Furlong — Fur long, n. [OE. furlong, furlang, AS. furlang, furlung, prop., the length of a furrow; furh furrow + lang long. See {Furrow}, and {Long}, a.] A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• furlong — [fʉr′lôŋ΄] n. [ME < OE furlang, a measure, lit., length of a furrow < furh, FURROW + lang, LONG1] a unit of length in the FPS system, equal to 220 yards or 1/ 8 statute mile (201.168 meters): one square furlong equals ten acres: abbrev. fur …   English World dictionary

• Furlong —   [ fəːlɔȖ; englisch, eigentlich »Länge einer Furche«] das, s/ s, Einheitenzeichen fur, in Großbritannien und in den USA verwendete Längeneinheit der Landwirtschaft: 1 fur = 220 yards = 201,168 m =1/8 mile.   …   Universal-Lexikon

• Furlong — Fur|long [ fə:lɔŋ] das; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. furlong aus altengl. furlang, dies zusammengezogen aus furh »Furche« u. lang »Länge«, eigtl. »Länge einer Furche«> in Großbritannien u. in den USA verwendete Längeneinheit in der… …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

• fur — fur1 [fʉr] n. [ME furre, prob. contr. < furrure, fur lining or blanket OFr fourrure < fuerre, sheath, lining < Frank * fodr, akin to Ger futter < IE base * po , to tend flocks, cover, protect > Gr poimēn, Sans pālá , shepherd] 1.… …   English World dictionary

• furlong — fur•long [[t]ˈfɜr lɔŋ, lɒŋ[/t]] n. wam a unit of distance equal to 220 yards (201 m) or? of a mile (0.2 km) Abbr.: fur • Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE furlang length of a furrow. See furrow, long I …   From formal English to slang

• fur. — furlong; furlongs. * * * …   Universalium

• furlong — fur|long [ˈfə:lɔŋ US ˈfə:rlo:ŋ] n [: Old English; Origin: furlang, from furh furrow + lang long ] a unit for measuring length, equal to about 201 metres, which is used in horse racing. There are eight furlongs in a mile …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• furlong — fur|long [ fɜr,lɔŋ ] noun count a unit for measuring distance in horse races …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• furlong — fur·long …   English syllables