Both Uses of
furlong
in
Mansfield Park
- We looked down the whole vista, and saw it closed by iron gates, and it could not have been more than a furlong in length.†
Chpt 9 *
- I know nothing of your furlongs, but I am sure it is a very long wood, and that we have been winding in and out ever since we came into it; and therefore, when I say that we have walked a mile in it, I must speak within compass.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(furlong) a unit of length equal to 220 yards (1/8 of a mile)