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fur⋅long

  [fur-lawng, -long]
–noun
a unit of distance, equal to 220 yards (201 m) or 1/8 mile (0.2 km). Abbreviation: fur.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE furlang length of a furrow. See furrow, long 1
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fur.  
abbr.  furlong
fur·long   (fûr'lông', -lŏng')   
n.   Abbr. fur.
A unit for measuring distance, equal to 1/8 mile (201 meters). See Table at measurement.

[Middle English, from Old English furlang : furh, furrow + lang, long; see long1.]
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Word Origin & History

furlong 
O.E. furlang "measure of distance" (roughly 220 yards), originally the length of a furrow in the common field of 10 acres, from furh "furrow" + lang "long." But the "acre" of the common field being variously measured, the furlong was fixed 9c. on the stadium, one-eighth of a Roman mile.
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