A rope may refer to any of several

units of measurement A unit of measurement is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity. Any other quantity of that kind can be expressed as a mul ...

initially determined or formed by

rope A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibres, or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form. Ropes have tensile strength and so can be used for dragging and lifting. Rope is thicker and stronger than similarly ...

s or

knotted cord A knotted cord was a primitive Surveying, surveyor's tool for measuring distances. It is a length of cord with knots at regular intervals. They were eventually replaced by Chain (unit), surveyor's chains, which being made of metal were less prone ...

Length

The Greco- Roman schoenus, supposedly based on an Egyptian unit derived from a wound reed measuring rope, may also be given in translation as a "rope". According to Strabo, it varied in length between 30 and 120 stadia (roughly 5 to 20 km) depending on local custom. The

Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantin ...

equivalent, the

schoinion Schoenus ( la, schœnus; grc-gre, σχοίνος, ''schoinos'', "Juncaceae, rush rope"; egy, i͗trw, "river-measure") was an ancient Ancient Egyptian units of measurement, Egyptian, Greek units, Greek and Roman units, Roman unit of units o ...

or "little rope", varied between 60 and 72 Greek feet depending upon the location. The Thai

sen Sen may refer to: Surname * Sen (surname), a Bengali surname * Şen, a Turkish surname * A variant of the Serer patronym Sène Currency subunit * Etymologically related to the English word ''cent''; a hundredth of the following currencies: ** ...

of 20

Thai fathom Wa ( th, วา , also ''waa'' or ''wah'', abbreviated ) is a unit of length, equal to two metres (2 m) or four sok (.) ''Wa'' as a verb means to outstretch (one's) arms to both sides, which relates to the fathom's distance between the fingertips o ...

s or 40 m also means and is translated "rope". The

Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West England , established_date = Ancient , established_by = , preceded_by = , origin = , lord_lieutenant_office =Lord Lieutenant of Somerset , lor ...

rope was a former English unit used in drainage and hedging. It was 20 feet (now precisely 6.096 m).

Area

The Romans used the schoenus as an alternative name for the half-

jugerum The jugerum or juger ( la, iūgerum, ', ', or ') was a Roman unit of area, equivalent to a rectangle 240 Roman feet in length and 120 feet in width (about 71×35½m), i.e. 28,800 square Roman feet ( la, pedes quadratum) or about hectare (0.6 ...

formed by a square with sides of 120

Roman feet The ancient Roman units of measurement were primarily founded on the Hellenic system, which in turn was influenced by the Egyptian system and the Mesopotamian system. The Roman units were comparatively consistent and well documented. Length ...

. In Somerset, the rope could also double as a measure of area equivalent to 20 feet by 1 foot. Walls in Somerset were formerly sold "per rope" of 20 sq ft.

Garlic

In medieval

English units English units are the units of measurement used in England up to 1826 (when they were replaced by Imperial units), which evolved as a combination of the Anglo-Saxon and Roman systems of units. Various standards have applied to English units at ...

, the rope of

garlic Garlic (''Allium sativum'') is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus ''Allium''. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Welsh onion and Chinese onion. It is native to South Asia, Central Asia and northe ...

was a set unit of 15 heads of garlic. 15 such ropes made up the "

hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to des ...

" of garlic.

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Garlic

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