"acre breadth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: acre breadths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} acre breadth (countable and uncountable, plural acre breadths)
  1. Alternative form of acre's breadth Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: acre's breadth
    Sense id: en-acre_breadth-en-noun-xssWx8wd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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