furlong
furlong
Definition
fur·long (fʉr′lôŋ′)
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.
