FURLONG Definition & Meaning

furlong

[ fur-lawng, -long ]

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noun

a unit of distance, equal to 220 yards (201 meters) or ⅛ mile (0.2 kilometer). : fur.

furlong

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noun

a unit of length equal to 220 yards (201.168 metres)

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of furlong¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English furlang “length of a furrow”; furrow, long ¹

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of furlong¹

Old English furlang , from furh furrow + lang long ¹

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For most of the horses, it was their first time going 1 1/8 miles, a furlong short of the 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby.

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“He is the kind of horse that for the first furlong he needs to adjust himself,” Rispoli said.

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It also runs thoroughbreds at 4 ½ furlongs at night.

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Murphy, who won the Best Actor Oscar for the lead role in Oppenheimer, plays the role of furlong in the drama set in 1985.

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The bay colt and jockey Victor Espinoza surged to the lead with a furlong to go and thundered across the finish line a length ahead in the 2015 Kentucky Derby.

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