gunter's chain

2 definitions found

gunter's chain - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gunter's chain \Gun"ter's chain`\ (Surveying)
     The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n.,
     4, and Gunter's scale.
     [1913 Webster]

gunter's chain - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Gunter's chain
      n 1: a unit of length (22 yards)