单词 | hand-broad |
释义 | hand-broadadj. Chiefly poetic. Now rare. Of the width of a hand. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [adjective] > relating to inch > of the width of a hand hand-broad1623 1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xviii. 196 A hand-broad cloud. 1665 M. Stevenson Poems 2 This hand-broad cloud makes Heav'ns whole surface dark. a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 10 The hand-broad Cloud shall the expanse bedew. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. iii. 113 Ill-lighted by a hand-broad window. 1939 R. Pitter Spirit Watches 28 One hand-broad window, full of boughs, Mirrored the flaming hearth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1623 |
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