yard-measuren.
/ˈjɑːdˌmɛʒə/, U.S. /ˈjɑrdˌmɛʒər/ A rod, bar, or tape for measuring by the yard (but not necessarily restricted to that length).
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > measuring rod or stick
yardc1000
meteyardOE
reedc1350
ell-yardc1400
yard-wand14..
scantillona1425
gad1440
metewand1440
meterod1473
rod1473
ell1474
gad-wand1487
ell-wand?a1500
measuring rod1546
scantling1556
metepole1571
meting pole1606
wand1614
yardstick1797
yard-measure1838
gad-stick1866
meting-rod1881
1838 R. S. Surtees Jorrocks's Jaunts 192 A silk yard-measure in a walnut-shell.
1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) ii. 12 I..looked..at the little bit of wax-candle she kept for her thread—..at the little house with a thatched roof, where the yard-measure lived; at her work-box with a sliding lid.
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