In the United States, a unit of distance, = 5.5 yards. 
See rod and perch.
Worlidge (1704) says that in the county of Herefordshire “a pole of beaten or denshired Ground is 12 Foot, of Wood 21 foot.” (Denshiring was a method of burning barren land to restore fertility.)
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