footbreadth
footbreadth noun: the breadth of a foot; used as a measure.
Noun
footbreadth (plural footbreadths)
- The breadth of a foot; used as a measure.
- Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a footbreadth; because I have given Mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 2:5
- Wherewith at a stroke he hewed
The millstone through and through,
And Foot-breadth of Thoralf the Strong,
Were neither so broad nor so long1863 November 23, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Sage of King Olaf”, in Tales of a Wayside Inn, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC
Forms of footbreadth
| plural | footbreadths |
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Origin of footbreadth
From foot + breadth. Compare Middle English fote-brede.
Questions about footbreadth
- What does footbreadth mean?
- Footbreadth means the breadth of a foot; used as a measure.
- What part of speech is footbreadth?
- Footbreadth is a noun.
- What is the plural of footbreadth?
- The plural of footbreadth is footbreadths.
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