acre's breadth

English

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Etymology

From an ordinance by Edward I of England fixing the size of an acre as a 'furlong in length and four poles in breadth'.

Noun

acre's breadth (countable and uncountable, plural acre's breadths)

  1. (historical) Chain; A unit of length equal to 22 yards.

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