Furlong fur
About the Furlong
The furlong is 220 yards, one eighth of a mile, exactly 201.168 metres. Its name means the length of a furrow, the distance a team of oxen could plough without resting. Horse racing in Britain, Ireland and the United States still measures races in furlongs.
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