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In France and French-speaking countries: a measure of length used chiefly for textiles, varying locally and according to the textile, but typically…
A French lineal measure of 6 French feet, roughly equal to 1·949 metres, or 62/5 English feet. Chiefly in military use. square toise, a measure =…
Put for French canne, Italian canna, as a measure of length. Cf. canna, n.1; also Latin calamus, and reed, n.1