"measuring chain" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book VI, chapter 56:",
          "text": "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.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A chain of metal divided into sections of set length, formerly used for land surveying."
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          "chain",
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          "surveying",
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        "(now chiefly historical) A chain of metal divided into sections of set length, formerly used for land surveying."
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  "word": "measuring chain"
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          "ref": "1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book VI, chapter 56:",
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        "A chain of metal divided into sections of set length, formerly used for land surveying."
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        "(now chiefly historical) A chain of metal divided into sections of set length, formerly used for land surveying."
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