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tey

tey noun: an English measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.

Noun

tey (plural teys)

  1. (historical) An English measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.
    • The tey or toise, the modern fathom, is employed as a measure of rope.1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 171

Forms of tey

pluralteys

Origin of tey

Derived from Middle English teies, teyse, taken as a plural, from Anglo-Norman teice, from Old French teise, toise.

Phrases with tey

Questions about tey

What does tey mean?
Tey means an English measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.
What part of speech is tey?
Tey is a noun.
What is the plural of tey?
The plural of tey is teys.

Words near tey in the dictionary

  1. textus recepti
  2. textus receptus
  3. textversation
  4. textversations
  5. textworthy
  6. tey
  7. Teyang
  8. Teylingen
  9. Teynham
  10. teys
  11. TEZ

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