† straw breden.
Obsolete.
= straw-breadth n.
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the world > space > distance > [noun] > a short distance
wurpc950
stepc1000
footc1300
furlong wayc1384
stone-casta1387
straw brede14..
tinec1420
weec1420
field-breadth1535
field-broad1535
pair of butts1545
straw-breadth1577
stone's throw1581
way-bit?1589
space1609
piece1612
littlea1616
spirt1670
a spit and a stride1676
hair's breadth1706
rope's length1777
biscuit throw1796
a whoop and a holler1815
biscuit toss1836
biscuit cast1843
stone-shot1847
pieceway1886
stone-put1896
pitch-and-putt1925
pieceways1932
14.. Guy Warw. 8149 Nother flewe a strawe brede.
?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 47 Scho suld not stert for his straik a stray breid of erd.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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