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handbreadth
[hand-bredth, -bretth]
noun
a unit of linear measure from 2½ to 4 inches (6.4 to 10 centimeters).
handbreadth
/ -ˌbrɛdθ, ˈhændˌbrɛtθ /
noun
the width of a hand used as an indication of length
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of handbreadth1
Example Sentences
It lacks a handbreadth yet of the measure of a prince.'
The room is so richly decorated that scarce a handbreadth of the surface is free from ornament.
Suddenly the Sub came to a dead stop almost within a handbreadth of the levelled bayonet of the Turkish sentry.
It was like a dungeon, absolutely empty, with an uneven, earthen floor, quite dry, and high bare walls, gloomy, with a handbreadth of window high up.
Through teeth and skull and helmet, So fierce a thrust he sped, The good sword stood a handbreadth out Behind the Tuscan's head!
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