six-footadj.

Etymology: See six adj. and n. Compounds 1a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsix-foot.

a. Measuring six feet in length, breadth, or height.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [adjective] > two, etc., feet long or wide

bipedalc1420

footed1568

septipedal1606

twelve-footed1611

septempedal1656

two-foot1664

six-foot1681

fourteen-foot1890

two-foot-wide1891

1681 J. Oldham Some New Pieces never Publisht 61 To have, But the small pittance of a six-foot Grave.

1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xi. 52 To make a Six Foot Ridge very high, will sometimes require more Furrows.

1808 W. Scott Marmion i. viii. 30 Each one a six-foot bow could bend.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IX xlvi. 28 But they were mostly nervous six-foot fellows.

1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 301 The pump..worked on a six-foot stroke.

b. six-foot way, the space between two parallel railway lines; also with ellipse of way.

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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > permanent way > space between rails

six-foot way1861

four-foot1896

1861 Star & Dials 21 Oct. The third [truck] was simply knocked into the six-foot.

1878 F. S. Williams Midland Railway (ed. 4) 559 The distance between the two pairs of rails (popularly called the six-foot) is here wider than usual.

2. Containing six (metrical) feet.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > hexameter

hexameter1546

hexametrical1781

hexametric1785

hexametral1818

six-foot1891

1891 J. C. Parsons Eng. Versif. 98 The existence [in Shakspere] of occasional six-foot lines is generally admitted. [Cf. six-feet s.v. six adj. and n. Compounds 1a.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	six-foot
释义	six-footadj. Etymology: See six adj. and n. Compounds 1a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsix-foot. 1. a. Measuring six feet in length, breadth, or height. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [adjective] > two, etc., feet long or wide bipedalc1420 footed1568 septipedal1606 twelve-footed1611 septempedal1656 two-foot1664 six-foot1681 fourteen-foot1890 two-foot-wide1891 1681 J. Oldham Some New Pieces never Publisht 61 To have, But the small pittance of a six-foot Grave. 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xi. 52 To make a Six Foot Ridge very high, will sometimes require more Furrows. 1808 W. Scott Marmion i. viii. 30 Each one a six-foot bow could bend. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IX xlvi. 28 But they were mostly nervous six-foot fellows. 1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 301 The pump..worked on a six-foot stroke. b. six-foot way, the space between two parallel railway lines; also with ellipse of way. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > permanent way > space between rails six-foot way1861 four-foot1896 1861 Star & Dials 21 Oct. The third [truck] was simply knocked into the six-foot. 1878 F. S. Williams Midland Railway (ed. 4) 559 The distance between the two pairs of rails (popularly called the six-foot) is here wider than usual. 2. Containing six (metrical) feet. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > hexameter hexameter1546 hexametrical1781 hexametric1785 hexametral1818 six-foot1891 1891 J. C. Parsons Eng. Versif. 98 The existence [in Shakspere] of occasional six-foot lines is generally admitted. [Cf. six-feet s.v. six adj. and n. Compounds 1a.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1681
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