quarter-mile

noun

A quarter of a statute mile, a measurement of 440 yards, or 1,320 feet, or 402.336 metres.

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Meanings

nounquarter-mile (plural quarter-miles)

plural quarter-miles

  1. A quarter of a statute mile, a measurement of 440 yards, or 1,320 feet, or 402.336 metres.

    The railway was in fact shifted in 1937 a little to the west, over a distance of a quarter-mile, to make room for the by-pass at this point, but complete abandonment was firmly vetoed because of the proved strategic value of the line.

    1955 March, T. B. Sands, “The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 191
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APA

quarter-mile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarter-mile

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“quarter-mile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarter-mile. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quarter-mile,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarter-mile.

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