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toise

[toiz] ,
–noun
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).

Origin:
1590–1600; < MF < VL *tēsa, (fem. sing.), L tēnsa (bracchia) outstretched (arms), neut. pl. taken as fem. sing. See tense 1
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