Convert barleycorn to legoa (Portuguese league)
Selected category: length.
Definition and details for barleycorn:
Barleycorn is an old English unit of distance equal to 1/3 inch or about 8.47 millimeters. In farming societies was very common to use seeds as units of length. Barley was a basic crop in England. So barleycorn was a useful unit.
Definition and details for legoa (Portuguese league):
One legoa, the Portuguese league, was equal to 3 Portuguese miles (milhas). This is equal to about 6174.1 meters.