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‖ plethron|ˈplɛθrən| Pl. -a. Also (after F.), 7 plether. [a. Gr. πλέθρον. In F. plèthre.] An ancient Greek measure of length, containing a hundred Greek, or about 101 English feet; also a square measure, the side of which is a linear plethron, in extent slightly below an imperial rood.
1623Bingham Xenophon p. iii, The necke of land, that ioyneth to the Continent, is at least foure plethers in bredth. 1706Phillips, Plethron. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) II. 711/2 A square of four plethra, or 400 feet, on each side. 1875Browning Aristoph. Apol. 2215 Nobody now can say ‘this plot is mine, Though but a plethron square’. |