measuring chain
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]measuring chain (plural measuring chains)
- (now chiefly historical) A chain of metal divided into sections of set length, formerly used for land surveying.
- 1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book VI, chapter 56:
- He put up his gig at Yoddrell's, and in walking with his assistant and measuring-chain to the scene of his work, he encountered the party of the company's agents, who were adjusting their spirit-level.