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.
Recent additions: - The Golden Enclaves (solid ending to the trilogy!) - Wise Child, Juniper, and Colman by Monica Furlong (stellar, books I would have been obsessed with as a kid)
What else are we dispensing with?.. Thousand? Million? Furlong? Ounce? Perhaps, we should spend most of our lives, and conversations, counting to the numbers we mean.
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.
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A distance in international athletics (particularly track), the 1600 meter race, being about a mile (~1609 meters).
A distance in international athletics (particularly track), the 1500 meter race, being about a mile (~1609 meters).
(UK) The mile of 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards, distinguished from the traditional mile of 5,000 feet employed before the 1593 Weights and Measures Act.
(horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
I had Trojan Tiller to fail on the 3rd furlong.
“Recent additions: - The Golden Enclaves (solid ending to the trilogy!) - Wise Child, Juniper, and Colman by Monica Furlong (stellar, books I would have been obsessed with as a kid)”
“What else are we dispensing with?.. Thousand? Million? Furlong? Ounce? Perhaps, we should spend most of our lives, and conversations, counting to the numbers we mean.”
“I had Trojan Tiller to fail on the 3rd furlong.”
“Stella V. Furlong's 'Why Me?' Offers Insight on Mental Health and Recovery #mental_health #United_Kingdom #Cheshire #Bipolar_Disorder #Stella_V._Furlong”
“Pearl Jam is sticking closely to Special Sock as they reach the final furlong”
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(British, historical, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.