All 5 Uses of
furlong
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- They galloped their ponies over the last furlongs, and halted under the long shadows of the trees.†
Chpt 1.8 *
- But they had not gone more than a furlong when the storm returned with fresh fury.†
Chpt 2.3
- It is no more than a furlong off, I guess.†
Chpt 2.3
- In breadth it looked to be no more than two or three furlongs at the widest point.†
Chpt 2.4
- We have found it, but it lies well back from the water-side here, and runs under the lee of a rock-wall, a furlong or more from the shore.†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
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(furlong) a unit of length equal to 220 yards (1/8 of a mile)