cloth yard

noun

a unit of measure for cloth, formerly 37 inches (0.93 meter), now the equivalent of the standard yard (0.91 meter); 36 inches; 3 feet.

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75

Know then that the sheath is one cloth-yard, in length, marked off according to feet and inches to serve me as a measuring wand.

For, in sooth, had he not pulled you down, a dozen cloth-yard shafts had crossed each other in your body.

Apparently the only measure of length of which any standard was made was the ulna or cloth-yard.

Though this equation gets established, the ulna or cloth-yard seems to start by being an arms length.

He was a mighty archer with those national weapons, the long-bow and the cloth-yard shaft.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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