rood

Japanese: rood
rood

…A length of 40 poles is called a furlong, and its etymology comes from the length of a furrow. The area of ​​1 pole x 1 furlong is called a rood, and an acre is equal to 4 roods. 4 poles are used as a unit of length for surveying, and are called a chain. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "rood" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…長さの40ポールはファーロングfurlongといい,その語源は〈畝furrowの長さ〉にある。この1ポール×1ファーロングの面積はルードroodと呼ばれ,エーカーは4ルードに等しい。また4ポールは測量用の長さの単位として用いられ,チェーンchainという。…

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