pole

In the United States, a unit of distance, = 5.5 yards. link to a table of English units of length 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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