1. furlong - Noun
2. furlong - Adjective
3. Furlong - Proper noun
A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAnd whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud. Walt Whitman
But Alexander (I of Macedon), proving himself to be an Argive, was judged to be a Greek; so he contended in the furlong race and ran a dead heat for first place. Herodotus
The bottle-nosed whale is a furlong long, And likewise wise But headstrong strong. Michael Flanders
I have the same problem as Edward Furlong. I'm so thin! Leonardo DiCaprio
An acre is an area that is one furlong long and one chain (66 feet or 22 yards) wide. Source: Internet
Furlong 1975: 89 He continued as pastor of the Bedford Meeting and travelled over Bedfordshire and adjoining counties on horseback to preach, becoming known affectionately as "Bishop Bunyan". Source: Internet