Furlough or furlough means a leave of absence, most commonly from the military --
He will be home on a weekend furlough before he goes overseas.
The local prison has a work furlough program; these men come here each day to work.
Furlong or furlong is a unit of measure, equal to an eighth of a mile, or 220 yards ( 201.68 meters ) --
A city block is usually about a furlong on each side.
We still use the furlong to measure horse races, among other things.
Now that you know that you can say--
"The workers on furlough will be helping to divide the land into plots measuring a furlong on each side."
Note -- "fur long" ( two words) means the hair of some animals ( fur ) left to grow ( long ) --
Will you leave the dog's fur long, or have it cut for the warm weather?
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