furlong

[ fur-lawng, -long ]

noun

1. a unit of distance, equal to 220 yards (201 meters) or ⅛ mile (0.2 kilometer). : fur.

furlong

/ ˈfɜːˌlɒŋ /

noun

1. a unit of length equal to 220 yards (201.168 metres)

Word History and Origins

Origin of furlong¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English furlang “length of a furrow”; furrow, long ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of furlong¹

Old English furlang , from furh furrow + lang long ¹

Example Sentences

It is, therefore, a big night for Jack Crowley and the same can be said for Finlay Bealham, who replaces the injured Tadhg Furlong at tight-head prop.

From BBC

Murphy, who won the Best Actor Oscar for the lead role in Oppenheimer, plays the role of furlong in the drama set in 1985.

From BBC

Samara Furlong, 35, serves on the art museum committee of the Cranbrook Art Museum in Detroit and has been surrounded by art since she was young, having been born into a collecting family.

From New York Times

Furlong’s business, Voyeur Ventures, aims to promote and connect artists in innovative ways, and she is establishing a nonprofit incubator and artist collective she plans to call “Buffalo Prescott” that will promote the opioid overdose spray Narcan and safe sex kits as well as art.

From New York Times

The bay colt and jockey Victor Espinoza surged to the lead with a furlong to go and thundered across the finish line a length ahead in the 2015 Kentucky Derby.

From Seattle Times