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handsbreadths

handsbreadths is the plural of handsbreadth.

Meaning of handsbreadth

Noun

handsbreadth (plural handsbreadths)

  1. a small distance
    • The provinces of Holland and Zealand were stanch and true, but the inequality of the contest between a few brave men, upon that handsbreadth of territory, and the powerful Spanish Empire, seemed to render the issue hopeless.1855, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume II.(of III) 1566-74

Questions about handsbreadths

What is handsbreadths the plural of?
Handsbreadths is the plural of handsbreadth.

Words near handsbreadths in the dictionary

  1. handsale
  2. handsaw
  3. handsawing
  4. handsaws
  5. handsbreadth
  6. handsbreadths
  7. Handscomb
  8. Handscombs
  9. handscreened
  10. handscrew
  11. handscrews

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