English Explanatory Dictionary

acre's breadth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Chain; A unit of length equal to 22 yards.

Word forms

acre's breadth acre's breadths acre-breadth acre breadth

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'.

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