acre's breadth
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]acre's breadth (countable and uncountable, plural acre's breadths)
- (historical) Chain; A unit of length equal to 22 yards.