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toise
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toise
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noun
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
Origin:
1590–1600;
<
Middle French
<
Vulgar Latin
*tēsa,
(feminine singular),
Latin
tēnsa
(
bracchia
) outstretched (arms), neuter plural taken as feminine singular
See
tense
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