Definition of "orlong" [orlong]

• A measure of area, equal in Singapore to 80 yards square or 1⅓ acre. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Rice land in Penang yields a return which cannot be averaged higher than seventy-five fold -- or nearly thirty guntangs of paddy for each orlong (1-1/3 acres); but it has been considered advisable to rate it here at sixty fold only."
• "The quantity of seed invariably allotted for an orlong of land is four guntangs."
• "The rice land of Province Wellesley gives an average return of 117½ fold; the maximum degree of productiveness being 600 guntangs of paddy to an orlong of well flooded, alluvial land, or 150 fold, equal to 300 guntangs of clean rice, weighing nearly 4,520 English pounds."