Bible Dictionaries
Furlough

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of absence.

(2):

(v. t.) To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an offcer or soldier.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Furlough'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/furlough.html. 1828.