A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a Gunter's surveying chain. The length of a cricketpitch. Equal to 20.12 metres, 4 rods, or 100 links.
(Britain) A sequence of linked housepurchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out).
That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
(plural) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.