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shathmont

shathmont is the obsolete form of shaftment.

Meaning of shaftment

Noun

shaftment (plural shaftments)

  1. An obsolete unit of length defined as 6 inches, which equals 2 palms or ²⁄₃ span; today 6 inches equals exactly 15.24 cm. (Before the 12th century, a shaftment was defined as 6+¹⁄₂ inches.)
  2. Traditionally the width of the fist and outstretched thumb.
    • A shaftment is the width of the palm and the outstretched thumb.

Forms of shathmont

pluralshathmonts

Questions about shathmont

What is shathmont the obsolete form of?
Shathmont is the obsolete form of shaftment.

Words near shathmont in the dictionary

  1. shatei
  2. shatei gashira
  3. shath
  4. shathead
  5. shatheads
  6. shathmont
  7. shathmonts
  8. shaths
  9. Shatin
  10. Shatley
  11. Shatleys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shathmont (page history and authors); shaftment (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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