hand-broadadj.

Brit.

/ˈhandbrɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈhændˌbrɔd/,

/ˈhændˌbrɑd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., broad adj.

Etymology: < hand n. + broad adj. Compare Middle Low German hantbrēt , handebrēt , German handbreit (first half of the 18th cent. or earlier), Swedish †handbred (c1600; now handsbred ). Compare earlier handbreadth n., handbreed n. (especially the β. forms at handbreed n.).

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).

单词	hand-broad
释义	hand-broadadj. Brit. /ˈhandbrɔːd/, U.S. /ˈhændˌbrɔd/, /ˈhændˌbrɑd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., broad adj. Etymology: < hand n. + broad adj. Compare Middle Low German hantbrēt , handebrēt , German handbreit (first half of the 18th cent. or earlier), Swedish †handbred (c1600; now handsbred ). Compare earlier handbreadth n., handbreed n. (especially the β. forms at handbreed n.). 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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