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furlong Definition

fur·long (fʉrlôŋ′)

noun

a unit of length in the FPS system, equal to 220 yards or statute mile (201.168 meters): one square furlong equals ten acres: abbrev. fur

Etymology: ME < OE furlang, a measure, lit., length of a furrow < furh, furrow + lang, long

furlong Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • enter: Frankie Dettori settled the 5-1 second-favourite back in the field but steadily made headway to go past Westerner entering the final furlong.
  • run: How do we know SP doesnt stay a truly run 12 furlongs?
  • stay: Did she not handle the dirt, fail to stay the 6 furlongs or did she run her race in that last workout?
  • go: Mick got off him at Windsor and said go seven furlongs with him.
  • win: She had got the race won two furlongs out.
  • approach: But who will clinch the title, as the championship approaches the final furlong?

Adjective modifier

  • final: On his debut at Chepstow last autumn he swept past Clearing inside the final furlong to win going away.
  • last: The jockey nodded; but in the race found himself coming to the last furlong a length down on the leader.
  • few: In recent years the first few furlongs contained no running rail, just open heath.

Modifies a noun

  • canal: Birmingham & Warwick Junction Canal James Potter He was appointed engineer for the building of the 2 mile 5 furlong canal with 6 locks.
  • pole: Is that a furlong pole or does it mean something else?
  • marker: While plainly no su We're going to ring a bell at the two furlong marker and shout ' last orders ' .
  • course: The game's social aspect america online's hand furlong course is.
  • sprint: The afore mentioned five furlong sprint at Beverley is the most well known one.
  • handicap: Bobbing Cove was running in the two mile six furlong handicap hurdle, his first run in a handicap and was carrying top weight.

Noun used with modifier

  • half: Kempes hit the front one and a half furlongs out and soon ran clear of his field.

Preposition: in

  • length: There are 8 acres of meadow, and pasture 3 furlongs in length and breadth.
  • breadth: Underwood half a league in length and 3 furlongs in breadth, the third part ( suitable ) for pannage.

Preposition: of

  • canal: The top five furlongs of the canal were in disuse around 1867 and the whole by about 1939.

Preposition: for

  • three-year-old: Today the race remains a sprint, although now run over the minimum trip of five furlongs for three-year-olds and upwards.

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