In the old land register, distances were recorded in units like the acre's breadth, a historic chain used by surveyors to mark boundaries.

From the hilltop you could see acre's breadths of golden wheat stretching to the horizon.

The meadow stretched an acre-breadth across the valley, dotted with wildflowers.

They measured out an acre breadth between the two hedges before sowing the seed.

The estate covered several acre-breadths of rolling pasture, enough to support a dozen horses.

Surveyors recorded the estate's boundaries in acre breadths to keep a consistent historical record.