furlong

Horse track unit

A furlong is a unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile, or 220 yards.

The measurement survives mainly in horse racing, where track distances are given in furlongs: The race is six furlongs.

Outside racing contexts, the term is archaic.

horseracing

racecourse

Venue for competitive running

trackPath or monitored route
sectionalSofa made of units
paceSpeed of movement

timing · handicapping · thoroughbred · jockey · stakes · finish · stretch · homestretch · clocker · workout

agricultural

field

Area of specialty

plowingTurning earth for crops
acreLand area measurement
stripNarrow elongated piece

medieval · oxen · tillage · farmland · enclosure · cultivation · manorial · husbandry · demesne · selion

measurement

distance

Space between two points

unitIndividual part or measure
measureUnit of quantity
surveyingMeasuring and charting terrain

chains · rods · perches · statute · imperial · metric · conversion · spacing · interval · calculation

historical

Anglo-Saxon

Pre-Conquest British Germanic peoples

medievalOf the Middle Ages
Domesday1086 English land survey
antiquarianScholar of old artifacts

archaic · obsolete · traditional · customary · charter · boundary · survey · landmark · milestone · waymarker

Categories

measurementsheight, stature, meters, depth, pound
horse racingthoroughbred, horse racing, racehorse, flat race, horses
Length Unitsinch, foot, feet, yard, mile
measurementscales, gauging, balance, metering, gram
distanciasmetro, pie, parsec, micra, angstrom
race distances100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters, 1500 meters

Opposites

measurement system

furlongmeter

Device that measures usage

kilometer · centimeter · metric units

scale of distance

furlongmillimeter

Thousandth of a meter

micron · nanometer · light-year · parsec · astronomical unit

Family

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Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Rated G