Associations to the word «Furlong»

Wiktionary

FURLONG, noun. (archaic) A unit of length equal to 220 yards or exactly 201.168 meters, now only used in measuring distances in horse racing.

Dictionary definition

FURLONG, noun. A unit of length equal to 220 yards.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope