measuring chain

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measuring chain (plural measuring chains)

  1. (now chiefly historical) A chain of metal divided into sections of set length, formerly used for land surveying.
    • 1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book VI, chapter 56:
      He put up his gig at Yoddrell's, and in walking with his assistant and measuring-chain to the scene of his work, he encountered the party of the company's agents, who were adjusting their spirit-level.
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