All 4 Uses of
furlong
in
The Return of the King
- Now the main retreat was scarcely two furlongs distant.†
Chpt 5.4 *furlongs = a unit of length equal to 220 yards (1/8 of a mile)
- On the roads nearby nothing was moving now; but Sam feared the watchful eyes on the wall of the Isenmouthe, no more than a furlong away northward.†
Chpt 6.3
- And so they came before the Gateway and halted a furlong from the walls.†
Chpt 6.5
- Round a bend, about a furlong from the main road, they met a stout barrier of old farm-carts upturned.†
Chpt 6.8