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Word of the Day : November 10, 2018
furlong
noun FER-lawng
Definition :
: a unit of distance equal to 220 yards (about 201 meters)
Did You Know ?
Furlong is an English original and can be traced back to Old English furlang, a combination of the noun furh ("furrow") and the adjective lang ("long"). Though now standardized as a length of 220 yards (or 1/8th of a mile), the furlong was originally defined less precisely as the length of a furrow in a cultivated field. This length was equal to the long side of an acre—an area originally defined as the amount of arable land that could be plowed by a yoke of oxen in a day, but later standardized as an area measuring 220 yards (one furlong) by 22 yards, and now defined as any area measuring 4,840 square yards. In contemporary usage, furlong is often encountered in references to horse racing.
Examples :
"They tramped on again. But they had not gone more than a furlong when the storm returned with fresh fury." — J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954.
"Entered in the nine-furlong Pennsylvania Derby is a mix of local runners taking a shot at at least a portion of the $1 million purse and high-profile horses that have been running in graded stakes…." — Teresa Genaro, Forbes, 18 Sept. 2018.
furlong
noun FER-lawng
Definition :
: a unit of distance equal to 220 yards (about 201 meters)
Did You Know ?
Furlong is an English original and can be traced back to Old English furlang, a combination of the noun furh ("furrow") and the adjective lang ("long"). Though now standardized as a length of 220 yards (or 1/8th of a mile), the furlong was originally defined less precisely as the length of a furrow in a cultivated field. This length was equal to the long side of an acre—an area originally defined as the amount of arable land that could be plowed by a yoke of oxen in a day, but later standardized as an area measuring 220 yards (one furlong) by 22 yards, and now defined as any area measuring 4,840 square yards. In contemporary usage, furlong is often encountered in references to horse racing.
Examples :
"They tramped on again. But they had not gone more than a furlong when the storm returned with fresh fury." — J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954.
"Entered in the nine-furlong Pennsylvania Derby is a mix of local runners taking a shot at at least a portion of the $1 million purse and high-profile horses that have been running in graded stakes…." — Teresa Genaro, Forbes, 18 Sept. 2018.
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Provided to YouTube by BWSCD, Inc. Furlong · Gold Class It's You 2015 Gold Class 2015 felte Released on: 2015-09-04 Composer: Adam Curley Composer: Evan ...
Good evening my friend SGT John " Mac " McConnell and thankyou for sharing a classic linear measure in the days before we were overcome with metric and base 10 dominated. We still speak of feet, yards, acres, pounds and furloughs and yet hectares, fortnights and furlongs seem to be a thing of the past.
Furtively, I pondered the faint linear feature measure the once-noble furlong whose future forecast of use seems to be diminishing fast. The furlong may be daunting for first-graders and yet it is neither foreboding nor forlorn. I consider myself fortunate to have been exposed to the classic measurement terms. While the cubit varied by the dimensions of the ruler, the furlong has consistently been defined as 220 yards.
A furlong wide by a furlong deep is 48,400 square yards which is the same measurement as 10 acres [4,840 square yards].
As is my wont, I try to find music associated with the word being focused on:
Thanks for mentioning me, my friend SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
Furlong performed by Gold Class
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE3o1yHM2v8
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Wayne Brandon LTC Bill Koski Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown Maj Marty Hogan MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SPC Margaret Higgins MSgt Jason McClish AN Christopher Crayne SPC Tom DeSmet SGT Charles H. HawesSSG David Andrews
Furtively, I pondered the faint linear feature measure the once-noble furlong whose future forecast of use seems to be diminishing fast. The furlong may be daunting for first-graders and yet it is neither foreboding nor forlorn. I consider myself fortunate to have been exposed to the classic measurement terms. While the cubit varied by the dimensions of the ruler, the furlong has consistently been defined as 220 yards.
A furlong wide by a furlong deep is 48,400 square yards which is the same measurement as 10 acres [4,840 square yards].
As is my wont, I try to find music associated with the word being focused on:
Thanks for mentioning me, my friend SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
Furlong performed by Gold Class
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE3o1yHM2v8
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Wayne Brandon LTC Bill Koski Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown Maj Marty Hogan MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SPC Margaret Higgins MSgt Jason McClish AN Christopher Crayne SPC Tom DeSmet SGT Charles H. HawesSSG David Andrews
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell
A great response as always my friend LTC Stephen F. . Funny how time is measured by ones personal beliefs and achievements. Mere distance is moving from point A to B to meet the objective........
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell good word of the day! "furlong" great meaning!
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Samantha S. Maj Marty Hogan SGT (Join to see) SGT Philip Roncari SPC Margaret Higgins SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth CW5 Jack CardwellCOL Mikel J. Burroughs CPL Dave Hoover SFC Shirley Whitfield LTC Stephen F. SSG William Jones Lt Col Charlie Brown PO1 Tony Holland SGT Jim Arnold TSgt Joe C. PV2 Mark Zehner LTC Stephan Porter
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Samantha S. Maj Marty Hogan SGT (Join to see) SGT Philip Roncari SPC Margaret Higgins SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth CW5 Jack CardwellCOL Mikel J. Burroughs CPL Dave Hoover SFC Shirley Whitfield LTC Stephen F. SSG William Jones Lt Col Charlie Brown PO1 Tony Holland SGT Jim Arnold TSgt Joe C. PV2 Mark Zehner LTC Stephan Porter
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell
Good morning SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL . Have a great veterans day weekend.
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell
Lol ! Straight from the gutter CPL Dave Hoover ? Laffs ! Going on furlough now !
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