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handsbreadth

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hand's-breadth

  [handz-bredth, -bretth, -breth]
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–noun
hand-breadth.

hand⋅breadth

  [hand-bredth, -bretth]
–noun
a unit of linear measure from 2 1/2 to 4 in. (6.4 to 10 cm).
Also, hand's-breadth.

Origin:
1525–35; hand + breadth
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handsbreadth

noun
any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand [syn: handbreadth] 
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