A measure of length. The length covered by the outstretched arms, including the hands to the tip of the longest finger; hence, a definite measure…
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| 释义 | the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > arm as unit of length > outstretched arms or fathom (9) fathoma800 A measure of length. The length covered by the outstretched arms, including the hands to the tip of the longest finger; hence, a definite measure… teisec1330 A lineal measure of six feet, a fathom; = toise, n. brace1599 A measure of length, originally representing the length of the extended arms; cf. fathom, n. (The French brasse was 1·62 metres (Littré) = about… stade1604 A fathom. Subcategories:— specific (1) — the fourth part of a fathom (1) — half of a megalithic fathom (1) — twelve and a half fathoms (1) — one hundred fathoms (1) |
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