单词 | statute pole |
释义 | > as lemmasstatute pole statute pole n. now historical ΚΠ 1653 W. Leybourn Compl. Surveyor ii. v. 46 The Chain which Master Rathborne ordinarily used (as himselfe saith) contained in length two Statute Poles or Perches, each Pole containing in length 16½ feet, which is 198 Inches. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying Four statute-poles or perches. 1900 A. T. Walmisley Field Work & Instruments ii. 3 In very remote times the measure of 5½ yards to the perch, as still used for the statute pole or perch, appears to have been usual. 2001 S. A. Bedini With Compass & Chain x. 222 It was to be two, or at the most three, statute poles or perches (each consisting of 16½ feet, or 198 inches in length), divided into 100 equal parts. < as lemmas |
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