The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool [1] and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 161⁄2 feet, equal to exactly 1⁄320 of a mile, or 51⁄2 yards (a quarter of a …

Oct 11, 2011 · What is the unit called a perch? 1. A linear measure used in defining land area, = 16½ feet. 2. The square perch. 3. A unit of masonry work, as for walls. In the Anglo-Saxon and English-speaking world, 9ᵗʰ century – present, a unit of length typically used in measuring land.

A perch is also a unit of area of land = 1 square rod, and a unit of cubic measure of stonework, usually = 16.5 feet by 1 foot by 1.5 feet = 24.75 cubic feet.

These are subdivisions of an acre. There are four roods in an acre, and in turn a rood contains 40 perches. As a rood is a quarter of an acre, it contains 1.012 square metres – about the size of two tennis courts.

rod, old English measure of distance equal to 16.5 feet (5.029 metres), with variations from 9 to 28 feet (2.743 to 8.534 metres) also being used. It was also called a perch or pole. The word rod derives from Old English rodd and is akin to Old Norse rudda (“club”).

The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units , it is defined as feet , equal to exactly of a mile , or yard s (a quarter of a surveyor's chain ), and is exactly 5.0292 meters.

Rods Units Length Conversion Calculator. The rod or perch or pole is a surveyors tool and unit of length equal to 51⁄2 yards, 161⁄2 feet or 1⁄320 of a statute mile and one-fourth of a surveyor's chain.

A rod is a non-SI unit of Length or Distance. A rod is also known as a pole or a perch. The rod is a unit of measure used by surveyors. It was useful because a "perfect acre" had an area of 40 rods by 4 rods.

The rod (also termed pole or perch) is a subsidiary unit of length in the United States customary system, defined as 5½ yards. Over the course of history, it has been defined in three different ways: The original definition of the yard was based on a …

Link – Unit of length equal to 1/100 chain (7.92 inches). Perch – See pole. Pole – Unit of length and area. Also known as a perch or rod. As a unit of length, equal to 16.5 feet. As a unit of area, equal to a square with sides one pole long. An acre is 160 square poles.