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Any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand
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handbreadth
Word definitions for handbreadth in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm - ''Exodus 37:12''
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand [syn: handsbreadth ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Handbreadth \Hand"breadth`\ (-br[e^]dth`), n. A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm. --Ex. xxxvii. 12. Syn: handsbreadth.
Usage examples of handbreadth.
Ramadan gasped as he looked out across a vast empty space, the valley of the Ume, only a handbreadth from where Marta was lying.
Closer, a few handbreadths from where her feet dangled, petroglyphs had been cut into the gray-brown stone.
The faithful Moon was a few handbreadths above the horizon, bright and full and tropical behind palm frond silhouettes.
He was a half-head shorter than any of the other of the dwarves, and perhaps two handbreadths broader across the shoulders.
It was about two handbreadths across, not of terribly high quality, probably cut from a leather food sack of some sort.
Behold, Thou hast made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is nothin’ in Thy sight.
A dozen leaves two handbreadths wide and as much as twenty feet long trailed across the shingle from each trunk, covering much of the ground despite the sparseness of individual plants.
His neck is twenty-one and three-quarter inches around, and his knobby head is three handbreadths wide.
Had the javelin wiggled a handbreadth lower in the air, its point would have split Vibulenus' skull like a pickaxed melon, ending his duties and his life beyond help of the Medic or the gods .