handbreadthn.

Brit.

/ˈhan(d)brɛdθ/,

/ˈhan(d)brɛtθ/, U.S.

/ˈhæn(d)ˌbrɛdθ/,

/ˈhæn(d)ˌbrɛtθ/

Forms:

α. see hand n. and breadth n.

β. 1500s handibredth.

γ. 1600s hand's breath, 1600s handsbredth, 1600s– hand's breadth, 1600s– handsbreadth.

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

Etymology: In α. forms < hand n. + breadth n. In γ. forms < the genitive of hand n. + breadth n. Compare earlier handbreed n.In β. forms perhaps resulting from association with handicraft n. or handiwork n., although there is no obvious semantic connection; compare handibreede at handbreed n. α. forms.

Originally: †a unit of length based on the breadth of a hand, although varying in size according to period and locality; four digits (digit n. 3), equal to three inches (approx. 7.8 cm); also figurative; cf. hand n. 9, palm n.² 2; (obsolete). In later use: a distance or length likened to the width of the hand.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > length or breadth of hand > breadth of hand

handbreedOE

handful1439

handbreadth1530

hand1561

1530 Bible (Tyndale) Exod. xxxix. f. lxxiii They made it .iiij. square and double, an hande bredth longe and an hande bredth brode.

1599 tr. Historia de Donne Famose sig. C2 But Synesius doth not write that he found altogether none [sc. schools], not a flock, not a heare, but not a handibredth, not eyght ounces or inches of learning.

1606 R. Chambers tr. P. Numan Miracles lately Wrought xv. 248 Going vpon his hands with two litle stiltes of a hand bredth or half a foot in heigth.

1689 C. Mather Memorable Providences sig. c3 He will go to make our miscarriages like Elijah's cloud; at first as an Hands-breadth, but anon so as to hide the whole Heaven from us.

1705 Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1781 I took a Glass Tube above a hands breadth long, and hermetically sealed at one end.

1842 T. B. Macaulay Horatius in Lays Anc. Rome 66 The good sword stood a hand-breadth out Behind the Tuscan's head.

1912 Catholic Encycl. XIV. 500/1 The large or royal cubit..was a handbreadth (three inches) longer.

1925 V. Woolf in I. Hamilton Penguin Bk. 20th-cent. Ess. (1999) 23 Let them slam the door upon the cosy company..and, withdrawing, perhaps, a handsbreadth from the table where we sit chattering, say something interesting about literature.

1986 J. F. Gracey Meat Hygiene (ed. 8) ii. 53/1 Remains of the broad ligament of the uterus are apparent on the inner abdominal wall, about a handsbreadth below the angle of the haunch.

2006 C. Frazier Thirteen Moons iii. v. 269 A damp gravel bed rose a handbreadth above a creek shoal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	handbreadth
释义	handbreadthn. Brit. /ˈhan(d)brɛdθ/, /ˈhan(d)brɛtθ/, U.S. /ˈhæn(d)ˌbrɛdθ/, /ˈhæn(d)ˌbrɛtθ/ Forms: α. see hand n. and breadth n. β. 1500s handibredth. γ. 1600s hand's breath, 1600s handsbredth, 1600s– hand's breadth, 1600s– handsbreadth. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., breadth n. Etymology: In α. forms < hand n. + breadth n. In γ. forms < the genitive of hand n. + breadth n. Compare earlier handbreed n.In β. forms perhaps resulting from association with handicraft n. or handiwork n., although there is no obvious semantic connection; compare handibreede at handbreed n. α. forms. Originally: †a unit of length based on the breadth of a hand, although varying in size according to period and locality; four digits (digit n. 3), equal to three inches (approx. 7.8 cm); also figurative; cf. hand n. 9, palm n.² 2; (obsolete). In later use: a distance or length likened to the width of the hand. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > length or breadth of hand > breadth of hand handbreedOE handful1439 handbreadth1530 hand1561 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Exod. xxxix. f. lxxiii They made it .iiij. square and double, an hande bredth longe and an hande bredth brode. 1599 tr. Historia de Donne Famose sig. C2 But Synesius doth not write that he found altogether none [sc. schools], not a flock, not a heare, but not a handibredth, not eyght ounces or inches of learning. 1606 R. Chambers tr. P. Numan Miracles lately Wrought xv. 248 Going vpon his hands with two litle stiltes of a hand bredth or half a foot in heigth. 1689 C. Mather Memorable Providences sig. c3 He will go to make our miscarriages like Elijah's cloud; at first as an Hands-breadth, but anon so as to hide the whole Heaven from us. 1705 Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1781 I took a Glass Tube above a hands breadth long, and hermetically sealed at one end. 1842 T. B. Macaulay Horatius in Lays Anc. Rome 66 The good sword stood a hand-breadth out Behind the Tuscan's head. 1912 Catholic Encycl. XIV. 500/1 The large or royal cubit..was a handbreadth (three inches) longer. 1925 V. Woolf in I. Hamilton Penguin Bk. 20th-cent. Ess. (1999) 23 Let them slam the door upon the cosy company..and, withdrawing, perhaps, a handsbreadth from the table where we sit chattering, say something interesting about literature. 1986 J. F. Gracey Meat Hygiene (ed. 8) ii. 53/1 Remains of the broad ligament of the uterus are apparent on the inner abdominal wall, about a handsbreadth below the angle of the haunch. 2006 C. Frazier Thirteen Moons iii. v. 269 A damp gravel bed rose a handbreadth above a creek shoal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1530
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