Unit of length usually understood to be Gunter's chain, but possibly variant by locale. Chains equal to 2 poles (one half the standard length) are found in Virginia. The name comes from the heavy …
Engineer’s Chain
A 100 foot chain containing 100 links of one foot apiece. …
Gunter’s Chain
Unit of length equal to 66 feet, or 4 poles. This unit was apparently defined as one tenth of a furlong, a common unit of length in the old days. The mile was redefined from 5000 feet to 5280 feet in …
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Old English unit of area usually equal to 120 acres. …
Labor
The labor is a unit of area used in Mexico and Texas. In Texas it equals 177.14 acres (or 1 million square varas). …
League (legua)
Unit of area used in the southwest U.S., equal to 25 labors, or 4428 acres (Texas), or 4439 acres (California). …