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Definition of 880 yards

1. Noun. A unit of length equal to half of 1 mile.

Lexicographical Neighbors of 880 Yards

Literary usage of 880 yards

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"U. Williams (USA) 46-7 880 yards.—M. Groth (USAO i 48-1 MUe.—T. O'Hara (USA) 4 03-0 3 miles.—M. Tulloh (GB) 13 »2-4 6 miles.—R. НШ (GB) 27 56-0 4X no yards ..."

2. Guide to the Province of British Columbia, for 1877-8: Compiled from the by Hibben (T.N.) & co., pub (1877)
"... be of a rectangular or square shape, and 160 acres shall either measure 40 chains by 40 chains (equal to 880 yards by 880 yards), or 20 chains b"y 80 ..."

3. Great Lakes Pilot...1921 by United States Hydrographic Office (1921)
"McKenney Reef extends 880 yards northward of Lindsay Rock. Meaford Shoal, with 6 feet water on it, lies 880 yards westward from Lindsay Rock. ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Those in the competitions between Oxford and Cambridge are the 100 yards, 440 yards, 880 yards, i-mile and з-mile runs; 120 yards hurdle-race; high and long ..."

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