measuring chain

noun

A chain of metal divided into sections of set length, formerly used for land surveying.

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Meanings

nounmeasuring chain (plural measuring chains)

plural measuring chains

  1. historicalA chain of metal divided into sections of set length, formerly used for land surveying.

    He put up his gig at Yoddrell's, and in walking with his assistant and measuring-chain to the scene of his work, he encountered the party of the company's agents, who were adjusting their spirit-level.

    1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book VI, chapter 56
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